BAGHDAD — Two more U.S. contractors have been released on bond but face an ongoing investigation, the embassy said Saturday, the latest development in the first case of Americans facing Iraqi justice under a new security pact.
Two other Americans remained in custody, while a fifth was freed on bond Thursday.
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces detained the five Americans on June 3 in connection with an investigation into the stabbing death of a fellow contractor. The two Americans were released on bond late Friday, said U.S. Embassy spokesman James Fennell.
All five remain under investigation, but Iraqi authorities told embassy officials that “the nature of the ongoing investigation does not involve the James Kitterman homicide but another unrelated matter,” Fennell said.
Kitterman, 60, of Houston, was found dead in his car May 22. The Associated Press
