Mosul, Iraq, January 02, 2009 (SPA) -- Two policemen were shot and killed Saturday byunidentified gunmen near the outskirts of the northern Iraqi city ofMosul, security officials said. The officials also reported the kidnapping of a person in the centre of the city, some 400 kilometres from the capital - Baghdad. The officials gave no further details of the attack on thepolicemen or the kidnapping, which took place late Friday, according to a report of the German News Agency "DPA".--SPA 13:14 LOCAL TIME 10:14 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/733903