Tuesday, May 15, 2007
14 kidnapped from Kirkuk suburbs
Security
(DPA) - Fourteen Iraqis were reported kidnapped from the suburbs of Kirkuk on Tuesday, local police sources said. According to police officer Abbas Mohamed, an armed group dressed up as members of the Iraqi army set up a fake checkpoint and kidnapped five civilians. Four of the victims were Shiite Turkmen, who were on their way back from Tikrit. In a separate incident, a different group of gunmen captured nine employees working in an oil refinery in the town of Bayji, west of Kirkuk.
Labels: abduction, Bayji, Iraqi Army, Kirkuk, Shiite Turkmen
