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Mass grave uncovered in Iraq

Karbala - Mass grave uncovered
Karbala - Mass grave uncovered

Investigators in Iraq are trying to identify dozens of bodies found in a mass grave in the Shi'ite holy city of Karbala.

They believe the bodies were buried in 1991 when government forces killed tens of thousands of people in response to a Shi'ite uprising against Saddam Hussein.

The grave was discovered by workmen laying a new water pipe in a park in the centre of Karbala.