Gunmen kidnap at least 24 Iraqis in Baghdad
28/03/2006 - 13:12:51Three groups of gunmen kidnapped at least 24 Iraqis working at a money exchange house and two electronics stores in Baghdad today, the interior ministry said.
The assaults happened separately, but within the same half-hour period.
Fifteen gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed the Moussa Bin Nasir Exchange in south-west Baghdad’s Harthiyah neighbourhood at about 1pm local time, kidnapping six people and stealing tens of thousands of dollars, said police Lt. Col. Ali Rashid.
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