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The Iraqi interior minister's brother was kidnapped by gunmen while driving home in the capital late Saturday.

A ministry official said Jebbar Jabr Solagh was snatched at 7:30 p.m. as he drove home to the mainly Shiite Al-Habibiyah district in southeast Baghdad, where he works as a hospital director.

Solagh is the brother of Interior Minister Baqir Jabr Solagh.

(Source: Xinhua)