BERLIN – Two security agents from the German Embassy in Baghdad (search) have been missing for several days, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Saturday.
But, "there is no evidence of a kidnapping," the spokeswoman said, on customary condition of anonymity.
She would not give further details, but ZDF and ARD television reported that the missing were two Germans, 38- and 25-years-old, who were traveling from Amman, Jordan to Baghdad on a routine trip Wednesday and were ambushed.
The stations reported that other vehicles in the convoy reached the embassy later.
ARD television reported that the two were agents with GSG-9, an elite counterterrorism unit trained for freeing hostages and other commando missions.
Along with violence in central and southern Iraq this week, there has been a rash of kidnappings by militants, including of foreign civilians.
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