28 August 2010
A kidnapped Assyrian's bullet riddled body was found yesterday in a field in Nimrud.
A kidnapped Assyrian's bullet riddled body was found yesterday after his family had paid the kidnappers 15,000 dollars as ransom for his release.
Luay Bahram al-Malik's body was found in a field in Nimrud, a town of Nineveh province.
Thirty-five year old Assyrian Christian was kidnapped a week ago. His family negotiated with the kidnappers and paid the ransom.
He was shot several times in the head, the police reports say.
Violence against non-Muslims is wide spread in Nineveh.
Last February, eight Christians were killed over nine days in and around Mosul.
According to AFP 40 Christians were killed and 12,000 others fled Mosul in result of the violence against Christian minority.
Shabak, Turkmen and Yazidi minorities usualy targeted by Sunni Arabs in the region.
ANF NEWS DESK /
ANF NEWS AGENCY
