Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070403-07
April 3, 2007

Iraqi Police discover body of boy allegedly killed by insurgents 
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

CAMP TAJI, Iraq — While on a routine patrol, Iraqi police officers discovered the body of an 11-year-old boy April 2 in Sab Al Bor, Iraq.
       
The IPs found the body, a suspected murder victim, on Sudani Street.  The child’s throat had been slit.
       
Troop B, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment Soldiers received the initial report from the Iraqi police and assisted in gathering information.  A police report of the incident indicated that a local Al Qaeda cell is suspected in the murder which was “perpetrated to instill fear in the villagers of Sab Al Bor.”
       
Iraqi security forces have launched an investigation to find those responsible for the murder.

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