PM:01:12:07/08/2021
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SULAIMANI — Islamic State (ISIS) militants wearing military
uniforms abducted eights people and wounded three others when they set up a
fake checkpoint on the Erbil-Makhmour road near Kandal village on Friday night
(August 6).
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Military Commander in
Makhmour Ghazi Faisal told NRT that the militants freed three of the abductees,
but the other five are still missing.
NRT reporter Rizgar Kochar said that the activities of ISIS
militants in the area have increased during the past ten days.
He said that the checkpoint was located near a deployment of
Peshmerga.
The wounded victims, who tried to flee from the militants,
are from Makhmour. They were taken to a hospital in Erbil for treatment, with
one suffering from severe wounds.
On Thursday, residents in Makhmour were left without powerwhen suspected ISIS militants attacked an electricity transmission tower in the
district.
In December, 2017, federal security forces, in cooperation
with the Peshmerga and the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and aided by
Coalition airstrikes, declared victory over ISIS. Since then, the militant
group has resorted to guerrilla hit-and-run tactics, but remains a potent
threat in some parts of the country.
(NRT Digital Media)