Unknown gunmen have kidnapped an Iraqi television presenter with her son in the northern city of Mosul, an official from the TV said Monday.

Raeda Muhammed al-Wazzan was abducted with her ten-year-old son as she was returning home Sunday night in Mosul, the official said on condition of anonymity.

TV workers and offices in the city have been attacked several times by the insurgents, said the official.

No further details were immediately available about the incident.

Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, has been a bastion of insurgents who fight the US-led forces and Iraqis working with the country's government.

Source: Xinhua