Riyadh City Council member kidnapped

[Barrett808]

January 9, 2005
Release Number: 05-01-42

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RIYADH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER KIDNAPPED

TIKRIT, IRAQ – A Riyadh City Council member was kidnapped near Riyadh, January 8, at about 9:00 a.m.

First Infantry Division Soldiers conducted an investigation and reported that individuals abducted the Council member and placed him in the trunk of their car, along with one more individual who was traveling with him.

The abduction occurred at an intersection where the council member’s vehicle was involved in an accident. The kidnappers were following the council member at the time and abducted him and the other vehicle occupant when the accident occurred.

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