German woman kidnapped in Baghdad freed in Iraqi operation
German national Hella Mewis, who was abducted outside of her office in Baghdad on Monday evening, was freed in an operation carried out by Iraqi security forces.
A German woman kidnapped in Baghdad this week has been freed by Iraqi security forces, German and Iraqi officials said today.
Hella Mewis was abducted from outside her art collective office in central Baghdad around 8 p.m. Monday. An Iraqi armed forces spokesman, Brig. Gen. Yahia Rasool, announced her release on Twitter today, but provided no further details.
Ali al-Bayati, a member of the semi-official Iraqi Human Rights Commission, told Al-Monitor the perpetrators were arrested this morning following an operation conducted by the Iraqi Falcons Intelligence Cell and the tactical force of the intelligence agency at the Interior Ministry.
An unnamed security official told The Associated Press that Mewis was found blindfolded.
