LONDON – A body was handed over to Iraqi authorities yesterday that Iraq believes is one of the British hostages seized in Baghdad in 2007, British foreign secretary David Miliband said.
“We cannot yet definitively confirm either that this is the remains of one of the hostages, or which one,” Mr Miliband said.
He said the British government still believed computer engineer Peter Moore, who was seized with his four bodyguards, was alive.
Iraqi authorities had transferred the body to British officials, and specialists would carry out forensic examinations to identify the body, Mr Miliband said. – (Reuters)