Unknown militants Friday abducted an official from Kirkuk during his visit to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. A police source said the militants abducted Kirkuk Governorate Council member Ahmad Akkar Nezar while he was visiting a relative in Al-Shaeb area in Baghdad. According to eyewitnesses, the source said, the kidnappers were in a Japanese-make and another German-make vehicle and had forced Nezar to ride with them and drove off to an unknown destination.