Christian kidnapped in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: One Christian man on Monday was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in southwestern Kirkuk, according to a local police chief. “This morning, unknown gunmen driving a Hyundai-modeled vehicle without a number plate kidnapped a man while he was on his was to work in southwestern Kirkuk,” Brig. Sarhad Qadir told IraqiNews.com news agency. Investigation has revealed that the man is born in 1964 and works for the Oil Products Company in Kirkuk, the official explained. Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1