Hunt is on for kidnapped physician

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Police are on the hunt for a female Christian physician, who was kidnapped last night from her house in Mosul city, a security source said on Sunday. “Forces from al-Hamdaniya and Bartala police and emergency personnel are continuing the search for Mahasin Bashir, a Christian physician, who was kidnapped from her house in the predominantly Christian district of Bartala,” the source told Iraqi News. The search covers several villages, orchards and poultry farms, the source noted. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P)/SR 1