(KUNA) -- Dean of a faculty of the ministry of higher education has been set free after being held as a hostage for one day, the ministry of the higher education said in a statement released on Thursday. It said Dr. Ali Shaker has been freed by his armed abductors after being held since he had been snatched while heading to work in the district of Al-Zaafaraniah early on Wednesday. He was set free as a result of intensive contacts, conducted by the ministry with influential political parties. The dean had been snatched along with scores of personnel of the ministry. Many of them have been reportedly freed.
In central Baghdad, a mortar shell crashed in the region of Bab Al-Sharqi killing a person and wounding three others. In the southern Al-Amel district, a motorcyle rigged with explosives blew up killing one civilian and wounding another. |