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Qatari hunters kidnapped in Iraq Gunmen abduct Qatar hunters in Iraq desert
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Gunmen kidnap at least 26 Qatari hunters in Iraqi desert near border with Saudi Arabia, Iraqi officials say Gunmen have kidnapped at least 26 Qatari hunters in a desert area of Iraq near the Saudi border, officials say.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The attackers were driving "about 50" four-wheel drive vehicles when they swept into the hunters' camp at dawn on Wednesday, an Iraqi source told the BBC's Arabic service.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. They struck in the Layyah area, 130km south of Samawa, after arriving from Nasiriya province, the source said.
A wide-scale search has been launched for the attackers, police say.