School headmaster kidnapped by gunmen near Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Gunmen kidnapped the headmaster of an elementary school west of the city of Mosul on Saturday, a local police source in Ninewa said. “The gunmen kidnapped the headmaster of an elementary school in Tal Abta, west of Mosul, while he was on his spring vacation outside the district,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The police tracked down the culprits upon intelligence tip-offs and clashed with them but they managed to escape with the kidnapped headmaster,” he added. “Search is still on for the kidnappers and the school director,” he said, not giving further information. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 2