Site of killing of 2 Japanese diplomats

Site of killing of 2 Japanese diplomats

TIKRIT, northern Iraq - Local police investigators stand near the site in Tikrit, northern Iraq, on Nov. 30 where two Japanese diplomats -- 30-year-old Masamori Inoue and 45-year-old Katsuhiko Oku -- were ambushed and shot to death on Nov. 29.

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