30 bodies found in mass grave

Thirty bodies were found in a grave south of Baghdad, Iraqi forces said.

Iraqi commandos were led to the grave in the Owerij industrial district in southern Baghdad after interrogating insurgents detained in a raid earlier in the day, said Colonel Selam al-Maamuri of the Interior Ministry.

The grave, which al-Maamuri estimated was 10 to 14 days old, included the bodies of two women. Al-Maamuri did not identify the dead or say how they were killed.

One insurgent was killed in the raid early today that led to the grave and 13 others were detained, including an Egyptian and a Sudanese man, al-Maamuri said. Some of the detained men confessed to dumping bodies in the grave, he said.