DOHA, Aug 27: The bodies of two Turkish hostages shot dead in Iraq have been found in Baiji the north of the country, Al-Jazeera television said on Friday night in a news flash.

The Qatar-based channel said "the bodies of two Turkish hostages executed by gunfire have been found in Baiji," a key oil refinery town in the Sunni Muslim belt that stretches north and west from Baghdad. -AFP