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BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials Wednesday reported finding mass graves with remains of 34 people, most believed to have been Iraqi army recruits waylaid three years ago by al-Qaeda gunmen.
Farmers tipped off authorities last week about the graves in the Euphrates River valley near Syria, according to a local mayor, Farhan Fitaghan.
Fitaghan told The Associated Press that two of the victims were women.
Most of the victims were believed to have been army recruits from Karbala who were traveling by bus in September 2005 to a training camp in Qaim when they were stopped by gunmen, the mayor said.
