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Scores of Iraqi students abducted Scores of Iraqi students abducted
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Gunmen have kidnapped 42 university students near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Gunmen have kidnapped 42 university students near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police say.
Security spokesman Brigadier General Khalid Abdul-Sattar said those kidnapped were students from Mosul University. Officials said the students were on a bus taking them back to Mosul University, where classes were due to restart after a weekend break.
The students were abducted while travelling on a bus. Another bus carrying students managed to escape. Another bus carrying students managed to escape, but three passengers were injured when gunmen opened fire on it, a police spokesman said.
The US military says it is investigating the report but has no information at present. The US military says it is looking into the reports.
Mosul, some 360km (225 miles) north-west of Baghdad, has recently been the scene of extra security effort as US and Iraqi forces try to stop violence in cities outside the capital.