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| Iraq |
| Six Kurdish policemen, presidential guards abducted by Shiite militia |
| 2016-02-14 |
| [Rudaw] In two separate incidents six Kurdish coppers and presidential guards were kidnapped since Friday by Shiite gunnies near the town of Amirli in Diyala province, local officials said. A Kurdish police official in Kirkuk told Rudaw that three coppers traveling to Baghdad were kidnapped at a security checkpoint in Amirli. "On their way to Baghdad, three coppers from Erbil were [stopped] at a checkpoint of the [Shiite militiamen] Hashd al-Shaabi and they are still missing," he said. Nasradin Ahmed, the brother of one of the kidnapped coppers confirmed the news to Rudaw saying "the three coppers were guards at the Erbil Customs department." Ahmed said the reason the missing coppers were visiting Baghdad was because their "manager had earlier flown to Baghdad," and they wanted to join him there. In another incident on Friday three Kurdish guards of the Iraqi President Fuad Masum were kidnapped on their way home from Baghdad by gunnies near Amirli. Relatives of the missing Kurdish guards accuse the Shiite gunnies of abducting their sons, calling on the Iraqi president to conduct immediate investigations. "We are calling on the president to show his stance since it is not the first time such kind of incidents take place," said Anjam Ismail, a relative of one of the guards. "They are not ISIS Lion of Islams, they are guards and part of this government, why should they kidnap their partners!" the cousin of another missing guard said. Nine months ago, another four Kurdish guards of the Iraqi president were kidnapped on the same road and that their fate is still unknown. |
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