Reply #6: Security prisoner suspected killed in in Iraq's Abu Ghraib

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BAGHDAD (AFP) - A 20-year-old male security prisoner is supected to have been killed in Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib jail.

"The security detainee died on August 15 of a suspected homicide at Abu Ghraib," the US military said in a statement, without giving his nationality.

The detainee was found unconscious within the camp by fellow detainees and prononced dead when taken to the hospital, the statement added Tuesday.

"The military criminal investigation division is investigating the incident," the military said.

US forces have detained hundreds of people across Iraq for security reasons.

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