Kidnapped woman freed, kidnapper arrested in Nassiriya

THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Monday freed a kidnapped woman and arrested her kidnapper in central Nassiriya city, the director of the media department of the Thi-Qar police said. “The criminal investigation forces on Monday (Jan. 26) managed to free a 35-year-old woman and arrested the kidnapper,” Colonel Sadeq al-Meshrefawi told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The woman’s family presented a complaint on the kidnapping of their daughter from al-Fedaa neighborhood in central Nassiriya,” he explained. “After investigations, the forces managed to identify the kidnapper and to arrest him,” he also said. Nassiriya, the capital of Thi-Qar, is 380 km south of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1