ISIS kidnapped twelve people in Iraq and executed eight

The Islamic State jihadist group (ISIS) extrajudicially executed eight people on a group of twelve people kidnapped yesterday in the west of the country. Iraqwhen they were looking for mushrooms near the border with Saudi ArabiaSecurity sources reported on Tuesday.

Police commander Salam Abdelqader had previously said EFE that the jihadists executed two of the hostages, a soldier and a policeman, and took the rest of the group to an unknown location.

"Gunmen from the Islamic State abducted twelve residents of the Al Najib area yesterday afternoon, located about 350 kilometers west of the city of Ramadi, the capital of the province. from Al Anbar, according to the police source.

A joint search team of the army and police found six corpses of members of the abducted group, he claimed to EFE a source of security for Al Anbar who requested anonymity.

He said that the victims "were shot in the head and chest" and indicated that the other four are missing.

Ahmed Kamal, a health worker at Al Najib Medical Center, stressed EFE that the security forces handed over six dead bodies of persons "executed by bullet".

The group was captured while searching for mushrooms in the Al Safaui area, on the border between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, explained Abdelqader.

ISIS keeps active cells in Iraq and he frequently attacks the security forces and the civilian population, despite the fact that the armed forces completed their offensive against the jihadists in December 2017.