20 February 2007
Abdel Razeq Hashim al-Khaqani
Shooting
Two bullet-riddled bodies belonged to Abdel Razeq Hashim al-Khaqani, a journalist who was working as an editor in the Iraqi radio, and his cousin, were found in forensic medicine department in Baghdad, according to a source who reported the deaths to the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The two men were kidnapped by an armed group last week in al-Jihad neighborhood in western Baghdad while visiting their relatives. The Iraqi radio is part of the government funded Iraqi media network.