Turkish police find 10 bodies

Istanbul - Turkish police yesterday dug up the bodies of 10 people believed to be kidnapped businessmen murdered by radical Islamist…

Istanbul - Turkish police yesterday dug up the bodies of 10 people believed to be kidnapped businessmen murdered by radical Islamist guerrillas and buried in the garden of a small suburban house.

Police cordoned off nearby streets while forensic experts wearing face masks examined the single-storey shantytown house and garden in Uskudar on the Asian side of the Bosphorus.

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