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A Canadian businessman was freed and two of his kidnappers were arrested in central Basra on Monday (August 6th), the Iraqi provincial police said Tuesday.
"A security force from the anti-crime department freed late last night [Monday] a Canadian businessman who works in the oil sector," Basra police chief Maj. Gen. Faisal al-Ibadi said at a press conference.
"The force raided the detention site in al-Muwafaqqiya in central Basra and arrested two of his kidnappers," he said. "The operation that freed the hostage was based on accurate intelligence."
Al-Ibadi said the businessman "is in good health and was not hurt. The motivation for his kidnapping was to get ransom for his release".
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ضابط
2012-10-11
We thank God for the liberation of this man. However, do you know the kidnappers of this man? It is unbelievable and sorrowful, and I wish that the Criminal Investigation Departments in Basra would punish the kidnapper severely and send him to prison forever to receive his penalty. This is the simplest penalty against this criminal who is corrupt morally.
العراقي الغيور
2012-8-8
We thank God for setting this man free! But do you know who kidnapped him? I hope the department of crimes in El Basra publishes the news more illustratively than this, in order to help the viewers get an idea of what happened to this poor man! I hope they severely punish the kidnappers, and issue a life sentence to them, so they will be an example and get their deserved penalty!