Iraqi PM's Family Members Kidnapped

Politics | November 10, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00

Gunmen kidnapped three members of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's family, a spokesman for the Iraqi interim government said on Wednesday.

A first cousin of the prime minister, the cousin's wife and another family member have been seized from their home in Baghdad on Tuesday morning.

According to the police a short exchange of gunfire preceded the abduction.

The kidnappers have made no demands so far.
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