Eleven kidnapped north of Baghdad

Nine university students and
their driver were kidnapped on Sunday near Baquba, north of
Baghdad, when gunmen stopped their vehicle at a fake checkpoint,
police said.
The gunmen also grabbed another man in a truck at the same
checkpoint and took all of the hostages to an unknown location,
police said. The students were returning to Diyala University
after a weekend break.
The kidnapping occurred two weeks after 40 students were
seized by gunmen at a fake checkpoint near the northern city of
Mosul. They were held for several hours before security forces
freed them, Reuters reported.