Danish citizen found dead in Iraq

Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen backed the US-led war

A Danish man reported missing in Iraq last week has been found dead, the foreign ministry in Copenhagen says.

The body of the man, thought to be a businessman in his 30s, was found by Iraqi police on 12 April, it said.

The ministry said it had been informed of the news by the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq on Tuesday evening.

It said it had no further details about the death of the man.

"There is as yet no information about the perpetrators or a motive for the killing," said a ministry statement.

"The Iraqi police investigation has been rendered difficult by the situation in Iraq," it said.

'Highway robbery'

The Danish government has not named the man, but Danish newspapers have identified him as Henrik Frandsen.

He is thought to have been in Iraq in connection with a water treatment business.

According to Danish media, he was kidnapped during a highway robbery on a road near Taji, outside Baghdad.

The incident occurred on 11 April.

His family have been informed.

Denmark supported the US during the war on Iraq and currently has about 500 troops under UK command in Basra.