Sunni politician's body 'showed signs of torture'

The body of an official with Iraq’s largest Sunni Muslim political group was found with signs of torture, his party said today.

Waad Jassim al-Ani, a 30-year member of the Iraqi Islamic Party, was detained by an unspecified “security agency” over the weekend, the party said. His body was brought today to the Health Ministry’s morgue, according to a statement.