Gunmen have kidnapped 42 university students near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

Security spokesman Brigadier General Khalid Abdul-Sattar said those kidnapped were students from Mosul University.

The students were abducted while travelling on a bus. Another bus carrying students managed to escape.

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(BBC)

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