2 civilians kidnapped in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Two civilians have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Kirkuk city, a local police chief said on Tuesday. “A group of gunmen kidnapped two civilians near al-Sud village of al-Rashad district (35 km southwest of Kirkuk city),” Brig. Sarhad Qadir told IraqiNews.com news agency. The motivations behind the kidnap remain unknown, the official said. Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians, and Arabs, lies 250 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1