7 hostages released in Iraq

Seven men have been released after been held by an unknown group for three days in Baghdad, Iraq.

Iraqi Interior Minister Qasim Al-Araji said today that the detainees had been released and were in good health following efforts by security forces to find them and release them three days after the kidnapping.

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Al-Araji did not disclose who arrested them, but some believe the arrest warrant is related to their political activity in leading popular demonstrations demanding reforms.The freed activists are university students who have been holding weekly demonstrations in Tahrir Square, central Baghdad, for months against widespread corruption in the country.