 Unidentified gunmen kidnapped the United Arab Emirates (UAE) diplomatic representative here Tuesday, an Iraqi Interior Ministry source told KUNA. The source added that the UAE diplomat Naji al-Nuaimi was kidnapped while he was visiting the residence of the UAE cultural attache' in the neighborhood of Al-Mansur west of the Iraqi capital. The source added that the gunmen shot dead the attache's bodyguard, a Sudanese, before kidnapping the diplomat. The kidnapping happened close to the congested Clock restaurant area. The source concluded that the Iraqi police cordoned off the accident spot and the Mansour suburb for further investigations. |