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Gunmen kidnap 8 people from Baghdad store
27 Jan 2007 10:30:56 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

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BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Gunmen dressed in police commando uniforms abducted eight people from a central Baghdad computer store on Saturday in the latest kidnapping to hit the Iraqi capital, police sources said.

Gunmen dragged out employees from the store, situated on a main road near the capital's mainly Shi'ite area of Karrada, and bundled them into waiting cars before speeding off.

There had been a relative lull in such mass abductions in recent weeks.

It was not clear which group was behind the kidnapping or the identity of the hostages, but the style of the abduction resembled previous kidnappings that were suspected of being sectarian attacks.


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