Terrorists Take 31 Iraqi Policemen Hostage
By Chad Evans on Terrorism
- Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - An armed group kidnapped 31 Iraqi policemen who were returning training in Jordan, authorities said Wednesday, and a suicide car bomber rammed a U.S. convoy north of Baghdad, killing 10 people, hospital officials said.
The police officers were abducted Sunday, when gunmen stormed the hotel the officers were staying at in the town of Rutba, near the Jordanian border, said a police spokesman in the city of Karbala, south of Baghdad.
A Karbala policeman returning from Rutba said around 20 armed men attacked the hotel, covering the captives’ heads with black bags and tying their hands before dragging them away, the spokesman said.
The gunmen took the mobile phones, cameras and documents from the unarmed policemen, the officer recounted to the spokesman. The officer himself said he was beaten but not kidnapped by the gunmen.
Horrible news and unfortunately I’m sure they will share the fate as 50 Iraqi soldiers who were taken hostage and later executed. Policemen and police stations accross Iraq have been the target of numerous terrorist activity throughout Iraq.
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