Gunmen kidnaps three Americans in Baghdad

January 18, 2016 08:58

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped three Americans in Baghdad, an Iraqi news agency reported.

The three Americans, who worked as military trainers, were at the house of a translator in the southern district of Doura, Baghdad, when a group of gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed the house and took them away, Xinhua quoted NINA as saying.

The translator who invited the three Americans to his house was also abducted, the agency said.

"A company filed a report Sunday about three of its staff going missing two days ago. They are American contractors. We are looking into this report," an official in Baghdad told CNN.

"The safety and security of American citizens overseas is our highest priority," said US state department official John Kirby.

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