An American woman journalist was kidnapped in Baghdad yesterday and authorities are searching the city for her, two police officials said.
The Iraqi interior ministry confirmed the abduction of a female journalist but did not disclose her nationality.
The ministry said one suspect was arrested and efforts were ongoing to free the journalist.
Police officials identified the victim as Shelly Kittleson.
Kittleson is a US freelance journalist based in Rome who has covered several wars in the region.
The search is focused on the eastern part of the capital where the kidnappers’ vehicle was headed, they added.
An Israeli-Russian graduate student from Princeton University was kidnapped by militia during a research trip to Iraq in March 2023 and was released in 2025.
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