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sonz
12-24-2005, 05:54 PM
Six Sudanese nationals, including a diplomat, have been captured in Iraq, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry says.

The six were taken after Friday prayers in the capital, Baghdad.

Jamal Ibrahim, a spokesman for Sudan's Foreign Ministry, told Aljazeera: "The captured are the embassy's second secretary, Abd al-Munaim al-Toum, and five other local employees at the embassy.

"We will inform the families of the hostages. Unfortunately, we have not had enough information about the abduction."

Ibrahim added that the Sudanese are not among people usually targeted by armed groups in Iraq.

He said: "We appeal to the captors to release them yet we have no idea about the group who kidnapped them."

An unidentified caller has contacted the Sudanese embassy to claim responsibility for the capture.

Mosque attack

Aljazeera also reported that four Iraqis were killed and eight others injured on Friday when a bomber wearing an explosives belt detonated himself inside a Shia mosque in the Balad Roz area east of Baquba.

Aljazeera
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