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Foreign journalist kidnapped in Iraq: Interior Ministry
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A foreign journalist has been kidnapped in Iraq, the Ministry of Interior has confirmed, without providing any information about the reporter’s identity.

The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the journalist was kidnapped by “unknown individuals” in Baghdad, according to the Iraqi News Agency.

Security forces arrested one of the suspects and seized a vehicle used in the abduction after a pursuit of the kidnappers, the ministry said.

It added that efforts are continuing to find those involved in the kidnapping and secure the release of the journalist.

Originally reported by Al Jazeera