Gunmen kidnap 25 people at central Baghdad company

BAGHDAD, July 31 (Reuters) Gunmen wearing camouflaged uniforms of Iraqi security forces kidnapped 25 people from a company in central Baghdad in broad daylight today, police sources said.

The gunmen pulled up in 15 four-wheel-drive vehicles and kidnapped employees and customers of the company on a commercial street in the Arasat district of the capital.

The abductions took place on Arasat street, once a thriving commercial district that has seen many businesses close due to violence ravaging the country.

Large-scale abductions are common in Iraq's lawlessness.

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