Infant returned to mother after 6 months in captivity

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Police forces returned an infant to his mother six months after he had been kidnapped in Kirkuk City, a local police chief said on Wednesday. “A woman was arrested in northwestern Kirkuk on charges of kidnapping a five-month infant, called Mohammed Hadi,” Brig. Sarhad Qader told IraqiNews.com news agency. The kidnap occurred six months ago, the official noted. “The woman has confessed to the charge during preliminary investigations,” the official added. Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P)/SR 1