German woman 'kidnapped' in Baghdad
Baghdad-based artist Hella Mewis was reportedly abducted while riding her bike Monday evening.
A German woman working in Iraq was kidnapped Monday night in central Baghdad, security sources said.
Hella Mewis was abducted from outside her art collection office around 8 p.m. Monday on Abu Nawas Street, said Ali al-Bayati, a member of the Independent High Commission for Human Rights of Iraq.
Police officer Ahmad Khalaf confirmed to the Turkish Anadolu Agency that Mewis was taken Monday evening and that police, along with teams from the defense and interior ministries, are searching the area.
Mewis was "riding her bicycle when two cars, one of them a white pickup truck used by some security forces, were seen kidnapping her," a security source told Agence France Presse (AFP). The source added that police at the nearby station saw Mewis’ kidnapping but did not intervene.
