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Scores of Iraqi students abducted Abducted Iraqi students 'freed'
(10 minutes later)
Gunmen have kidnapped 42 university students near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police say. A group of 42 university students abducted near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have been freed, police say.
Officials said the students were on a bus taking them back to Mosul University, where classes were due to restart after a weekend break. Officials said the students had been freed in an operation by Iraqi security forces.
Another bus carrying students managed to escape, but three passengers were injured when gunmen opened fire on it, a police spokesman said. The students had been taken hostage on a bus taking them back to Mosul University, where classes were due to restart after a weekend break.
The US military says it is looking into the reports. Another bus carrying students managed to escape, but three passengers were injured by gunfire, police said.
'Fresh clashes''Fresh clashes'
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.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.
Elsewhere, the US military said an air strike had killed nine people in the Shia enclave of Sadr City in the capital.Elsewhere, the US military said an air strike had killed nine people in the Shia enclave of Sadr City in the capital.
Iraqi police and hospital officials said five people were killed and 17 injured in overnight clashes between militants and US soldiers.Iraqi police and hospital officials said five people were killed and 17 injured in overnight clashes between militants and US soldiers.
Police sources also said a US Stryker armoured personnel carrier was damaged in the fighting, the Associated Press (AP) reports.Police sources also said a US Stryker armoured personnel carrier was damaged in the fighting, the Associated Press (AP) reports.
The US military said it was not aware of any fighting between its troops and militants. But the US military said it was not aware of any fighting between its troops and militants.