Gunmen kidnap Iraqi senior official in Baghdad

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Source: Xinhua

Gunmen kidnapped an Iraqi senior official and his son in northern Baghdad on Monday, an Interior Ministry source said.

"Unidentified gunmen riding three cars kidnapped Saad Majid Ali, director general in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and his son at around 3:00 p.m. (1100 GMT) in Waziyriah neighborhood," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Ali was driving his car with his son when the attack occurred, the source added.

Earlier in the day, a roadside bomb went off in Baghdad's southern neighborhood of Zaafaraniyah near a minibus carrying casual workers, killing one of them and wounding 12 others, the source said.

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1. FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 4

* BAGHDAD - Eight U.S. soldiers were wounded in an attack using roadside bombs, small arms fire and mortar rounds at a patrol base southeast of Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military said.

* KIRKUK - Three policemen were injured by a roadside bomb attack on their patrol in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* KHALDIYA - Five bodies were found around the town of Khaldiya, 80 km west of Baghdad, police said.

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