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a German artist and activist was kidnapped in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad outside of her office, according to sources.
According to sources AFP cited, Hella Mewis, a German activist, was abducted by unknown assailants in two vehicles outside her art collection office in Baghdad while she was riding her bike on the street.
“Police officers at the local station witnessed the kidnapping but did not intervene,” a security source told AFP.
Mewis runs an art collection known as Bet al-Tarkib (House of Installation), established in 2015, in Baghdad. Al-Tarkib organizes exhibitions for Iraqi artists and helps them develop their portfolios.
The abduction came following the assassination of Iraq’s top security expert Hisham al-Hashimi in early July outside his home in Baghdad where he was ambushed by four men on two motorcycles, who shot him several times.
