Bodies found in 'maverick religious court'

Iraqi police discovered about 10 bodies in a maverick religious court run by rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s followers in Najaf today and said they were victims of the court’s summary brand of justice.

The stench of the corpses led police, who were deployed in Najaf’s Old City, to the bodies, said Brigadier Amer al-Daami, Najaf’s deputy police chief.