Gunmen kidnapped 42 university students near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul today police said.

"Gunmen stopped two buses in a village south of Mosul, said Khalid Abdul-Sattar," police spokesman for Nineveh province.

"One of the buses managed to flee. The second bus was stopped and 42 male students were seized."

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