In the battle for Mosul, over 300 Iraqi security forces have been kidnapped. (AFP/File)

Daesh abducts over 300 people near Mosul, Iraq

11/09/2016
Over 300 former Iraqi security forces and sheiks have been abducted by Daesh extremists near Mosul in recent days, the UN Human Rights Office reported on Tuesday.
The alleged kidnappings come as Iraqi forces, Kurdish Peshmerga and militias are waging an offensive against the northern city that is the Daesh's last major urban stronghold in Iraq.
The UN rights office had received reports that at least 195 former security force members were abducted in the Tel Afar area West of Mosul, spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said at a press conference in Geneva.
In addition, at least 100 former officers were reportedly abducted in Mawaly village, 20 kilometres West of Mosul.
Shamdasani added that 30 sheiks had been kidnapped and 18 of them had been killed in Sinjar district.

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