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ISIS militants kidnap teenage boy in attack on village south of Kirkuk

PM:06:03:14/08/2022

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SULAIMANI — Armed Islamic State (ISIS) militants bombed the home of the headman of a village in Kirkuk province on Saturday (August 14) and kidnapped a teenage boy, a security source said.

The 13-year-old son of the school principal in the village of Simudi in Daquq district in the south of Kirkuk province was kidnapped, a security source told Kirkuk Now.

The same night, a blast struck the home of Hassan Abdullah, the headman of the village, according to Kirkuk Now. A security source told the news agency five ISIS militants wearing military uniforms were seen in the village.

The militants have escaped and security forces have been deployed to the area.

(NRT Digital Media)