Iraqi police found three bodies of policemen kidnapped earlier in western Baghdad on Tuesday, a police source said.

"We have found three of Iraqi policemen on the highway near the al-Bakriyah district," Captain Ahmed Abdullah told Xinhua.

According to residents, unknown car threw the bullet-riddled bodies, Abdullah said, adding that the victims' jobs were guarding a facility of a Saudi company working in building barricades for US troops and Iraqi security forces.

Insurgents frequently attack Iraqi government employees and security forces members, accusing them of collaboration with the US occupation forces.

Source: Xinhua