Iraqi authorities are searching Monday for three missing Americans said to have been kidnapped in Baghdad yesterday.

Checkpoints were set up in southeast Baghdad to search for the three missing US citizens.

"We are aware of reports that American citizens are missing in Iraq," US State Department spokesman John Kirby said.

"We are working with the full cooperation of the Iraqi authorities to locate and recover the individuals," Kirby added, without providing details about their number or the circumstances of their disappearance.

Source: MENA