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39 Indians abducted in Mosul: Iraq PM says fate of workers unknown

Press Trust of India | ByPress Trust of India, Baghdad
Sep 16, 2017 11:38 PM IST

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the fate of 39 Indians captured by the Islamic State group when the extremists initially overran Mosul three years ago is still unknown.

(Reuters File)
(Reuters File)

Al-Abadi says the situation is “still under investigation at the moment. I cannot comment any further,” in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press today.

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Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj had told relatives of the workers in July that they might be held in a prison in Badush, northwest of Mosul, which Iraqi forces have taken back from IS.

The abducted workers, mostly from northern India, had been employed by an Iraqi construction company. Thousands of Indians worked and lived in Iraq before IS swept across the country’s north and west in 2014.

Iraqi forces declared victory over IS in Mosul in July after a gruelling nine-month fight.

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