Iraqi Karate Official's Body Found Floating in River [View All]

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The body of the kidnapped Iraqi karate association chief has been found floating in a river southeast of Baghdad with several gunshot wounds, police and sports officials said Sunday.

Ali Shakir, 38, was abducted Thursday in Latifiyah, about 20 miles south of Baghdad. His corpse was found in the river in the city of Kut the following day, police Capt. Muthana Khalid Ali said.

"We've lost a champion," said Ahmed al-Hijiya, president of Iraq's Olympic committee. snip

Gunmen wearing police uniforms and manning a fake checkpoint stopped Shakir's car, ordered his mother out, then drove away with him, police said.