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RBAGHDAD, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Ten more people were
kidnapped in Baghdad by gunmen disguised as policemen on Tuesday, an Interior
Ministry source told Xinhua.
"Twenty-five armed men wearing police commando
uniforms in 15 pickup trucks similar to those used by Iraqi security forces
stormed another Daewoo Electric Appliances bureau and its exhibition hall at
Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, kidnapping 10 of its workers," the source
said on condition of anonymity.
Earlier in the day, gunmen wearing police commando
uniforms in two cars stormed a Daewoo Electric Appliances bureau in Baghdad's
Karrada district, kidnapping an executive director and two engineers.
In a separate abduction, another group of gunmen in
Iraqi army uniform on nine sport utility vehicles attacked the Muossa private
bureau for money exchange in Baghdad's western district of Harthiyah, kidnapping
six people and plundering more than 60,000 U.S. dollars.
Violence has continued infesting Iraq as gunmen
frequently carry out lootings and kidnappings, demanding large ransoms.
The elite military-style police commando forces,
affiliated to the Shiites-controlled Interior Ministry, have been accused by the
Sunni community of kidnapping and killing Sunni members including clerics, a
charge denied by the ministry. Enditem |