Four held over American's beheading

Iraq has arrested four men accused of involvement in the beheading of American businessman Nicholas Berg, a government spokesman said in Baghdad.

Berg, 26, was kidnapped in April and his decapitated body was found in Baghdad in May.

An al-Qaida affiliated group claimed responsibility.

Major General Hussein Ali Kamal, the undersecretary at the Interior Ministry, told Iraqi radio that four men had been arrested in the Berg case.

The report was confirmed by Iraqi officials, who later clarified that the men had been arrested in May and the arrests were announced at the time.

Berg, 26, was kidnapped in April and his decapitated body was found in Baghdad in May. An al-Qaida affiliated group claimed responsibility.