35 Refugee Families Kidnapped by ISIL Militants in Iraq

KABUL: (Middle East Press) Takfiri ISIL militants have reportedly abducted nearly three dozen refugee families in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk as the latter were heading back to their homes in the city of Tikrit four months after its liberation.

A local police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said ISIL terrorists kidnapped 35 families, among them women, children and elderly people, as they were traveling from the town of Hawijah in Kirkuk to Tikrit, situated 140 kilometers (87 miles) northwest of Baghdad, on Monday evening, the al-Sumaria satellite television network reported.

The source added that ISIL members took the people to an unknown location in the Hamrin Mountains, adding that the fate of the abductees remains unclear.

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