Kidnapped German woman was warned about her safety
The German woman kidnapped in Iraq last Friday had been working in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul since May and was warned by authorities that her stay there was not safe, a local official said today.
Susanne Osthoff was working on the renovation of the historical Tutunji House in the central neighbourhood of Sirjkhanah, said Muzahem Mahmoud al-Zawbai, head of antiquities department in the northern province of Ninevah.