Sunday, January 1
IRAQI COPS FOIL KIDNAP ATTEMPT
Cops chase kidnappers, free victim after gun battle.
| December 30, 2005 TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi Police and Army units successfully rescued the brother of a Salah Ad Din Provincial Council member and arrested three suspects after a failed kidnapping attempt in Tikrit Dec. 29. Police chased the kidnappers from Tikrit to the village of al Alam, about 10 miles east of the city, before the suspects abandoned their vehicle and dragged their victim into a nearby house. As the officers approached the building, the kidnappers opened fire on them. The police secured the area around the house and called for support from a 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division unit stationed nearby. The Iraqi troopers, augmented by U.S. Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, entered the house and quickly subdued the suspects. No one was injured during the incident and the suspects were taken into custody by the police who are investigating the incident. |
