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Baha Mousa 'singled out by UK soldiers'

Updated on 23 September 2009

By Jonathan Rugman

The father of an Iraqi man who died after being beaten while in the custody of British soldiers tells an inquiry his son was singled out for extra punishment.

Baha Mousa (credit: Reuters)

Baha Mousa died of his injuries at a British base in southern Iraq in 2003. 

At an inquiry into his death, his father said he had seen British soldiers stealing money at the hotel where his son worked and that he believed his son suffered more because he reported the incident. 

This report contains some distressing images.

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