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Nine Iraqis Suffocate in Police Custody

HeadlineJul 11, 2005

The Iraqi government has begun investigating the deaths of nine Iraqi bricklayers who died in police custody. The bricklayers died from suffocation after being detained in a police van for 14 hours.

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