Gya: Terror thugs in our backyard

Police last night launched a hunt for the Iranian head of an Islamic college who was kidnapped in an attack which also saw the institution's administrator being wounded.

International Islamic College of Advanced Studies (IICAS) Director Mohamed Hussein Ibrahim, called `Sheik' was abducted from his car while he and the Administrator Raymond Halley were departing the school's headquarters at 42b United Nations Place at around 10 pm. Up to 1 am today the police were still searching for Ibrahim.

Halley, 51, was shot in his right instep as he attempted to flee from the scene as the men armed with handguns demanded that they exit their vehicle.

He was treated at a city hospital after being taken there by a public-spirited citizen who was passing at the time.

Reports say that Ibrahim, who appeared to be the target of the attackers, was dragged from his vehicle, PJJ 509, a white AE 192 Toyota Carina, after the men had shot and immobilised it.

He was bundled into a dark-coloured car which then sped away initially south along United Nations Place and later east along Brickdam. There was no further information on Ibrahim and how long he had been at the college. It appeared that he was the target of a well-planned attack.

I wonder if this guy was teaching his students that "Islam is a religion of peace"?