DUBAI, March 2 (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-linked Iraqi militant group said on Friday it had killed 18 policemen it seized in Diyala province after the government ignored demands it made for their release.

"The Islamic State in Iraq has given the infidel government of (Nuri) al-Maliki 24 hours to respond to its demands ... but it (the government) did not give any importance for their blood," said the self-styled group in a statement.

"We will show the film of the implementation (of the execution ruling) soon, God willing," it said in the statement posted on the Internet.

Iraqi police found the bodies of 14 policemen shot in the head hours after the group showed pictures of the 18 men it said were seized to avenge the alleged rape of a woman last month.

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