Six police arrested over Baghdad kidnapping - The Age

Email Print Normal font Large font Iraqi security officials inspect the site of the kidnapping. Photo: AP SIX senior Iraqi police officers have been arrested over the mass kidnapping of about 50 people by suspected Shiite militiamen dressed in Iraqi police uniforms. Most of the hostages seized on Tuesday at a Higher Education Ministry building in central Baghdad have been freed in operations by security forces, state television Iraqiya reported. There was no immediate confirmation of late-night ...