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3 thousand civilian are held captive by Islamists in Iraq – UN

3 тыс. гражданских находятся в плену исламистов в Ираке, - ООНMore than ten prisoners were executed.

Grouping “Islamic state” in Iraq captured about 3 thousand civilians.

We are talking about the inhabitants of the district of al-Hawija, in Kirkuk province in Northern Iraq who fled from Islamists. They fell into the hands of the representatives of the group “Islamic state” on Thursday. It is reported that more than ten prisoners were executed.

District al-Hawija, the population of which before the war amounted to about 400 thousand people, is under the control of a grouping “Islamic state”. Many residents were forced to flee from al-Hawija.

In the past two years in Iraq have been displaced at least 3.5 million people.

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