Iraqi PM: Malnourished detainees appeared to have been tortured

More than 150 malnourished Iraqi detainees found at an Interior Ministry detention centre appeared to have been tortured, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said today.

He said an investigation had been launched. Al-Jaafari’s comments came a day after an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said an investigation would be opened into allegations that Interior Ministry officers tortured suspects detained in connection with the country’s insurgency.