"The Ministry of Interior has set up a crisis group of senior officials and they are checking with all the police in that sector," said Dabbagh, the chief spokesman for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite Islamist who has struggled to clamp down on militias linked to his allies.
"The Ministry of Interior is taking every measure and moving towards some Baghdad areas where they suspect the hostages are being held," Dabbagh said, declining to say which areas.
Dhiab, a member of a Sunni Arab political party, said earlier some of those released had said they were driven to the Shi'ite militia stronghold of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad.
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