At least 64 bodies found in 24 Baghdad hours

Iraqi police today reported they had found the bodies of at least 65 men killed by gunshots, most bound hand and foot, in a gruesome wave of apparent sectarian killing over the past 24 hours in some of Baghdad’s most dangerous neighbourhoods.

The bloodshed followed deadly explosions in a teeming Shiite slum on Sunday in which 58 people died and more than 200 were wounded.