BAGHDAD, Rabi'I 24, 1436, Jan 15, 2015, SPA -- A search team has discovered 16 corpses in an area of northern Iraq, Reuters cited a local official as saying late on Wednesday. "The joint excavation crews have discovered 16 bodies of men who were blindfolded and had their hands tied behind their backs," said the district chief Mohammed Mulla Hassan, from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party "They were found in the Kobachi area, which is part of Saadiya District, and they were executed in the past few months," he added. --SPA 12:04 LOCAL TIME 09:04 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w