Iraq Qaeda-led group says Russian hostages killed

DUBAI, June 25 (Reuters) An Iraqi al Qaeda-led group today said it had killed four Russian embassy workers it had taken hostage, according to a statement posted on the Internet.

The statement said the posting included footage of the ''execution''. The group has demanded that Russia pull out its troops from Chechnya and release all Muslim prisoners.

In Moscow, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman could not immediately confirm the report of the deaths.

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