Two Iraq security officers were kidnapped and killed by an armed group in the district of Shirqat, 280 kilometers north of Baghdad, Iraqi police announced on Thursday.
Iraqi police told the German Press Agency dpa "An armed group kidnapped the two men, one of whom was in the army and the other in the police, while they were driving in a private car near Shirqat, and killed them shortly after."
"Both bodies were found decapitated near the village where the victims lived," police said.
Security forces have begun searching for those responsible for the attack.
The Shirqat district, in the Salah el Din province, has witnessed numerous kidnappings and murders by armed groups in the past two years.