Gunmen abduct up to 50 workers in Baghdad

Gunmen in camouflage uniforms stormed the offices of a private security company in Baghdad, Iraq, today and kidnapped as many as 50 employees, police reported.

The attackers hit the al-Rawafid Security Co, a private Iraqi-owned business, and forced the workers into seven vehicles, said Interior Ministry Maj Felah Al-Mohammedawi.

The company is located in the mixed Sunni-Shiite Zayouna neighbourhood in eastern Baghdad.