Islamic State militants have
executed 14 young people in the northern Iraq city of Mosul in
the latest episode of terrorist violence in the country, Iraqi
news agency Nina said Thursday.
The victims were sentenced to death by an Islamic court for
alleged crimes that were not made known.
Following the execution their bodies were deposited at the
local hospital morgue.
Meanwhile local sources cited by France Press reported
Thursday that dozens of civilians have been abducted from the
village of Tal Ali near Kirkuk after they set fire to an ISIS
flag and military post yesterday.
The news came as German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter
Steinmeier warned of the threat posed by the hardline militant
group operating in Iraq and Syria, where it is attempting to put
in place a Caliphate.
The group's ideological demands "go well beyond current
action in Iraq," Steinmeier said, adding that Saudi Arabia and
Jordan could be future targets.
Also on Thursday, seven Iraqi soldiers were killed and a
further 17 injured in a suicide car bombing just south of Tikrit
as ISIS launched an offensive to take control of the road
leading from the city on the Tigris river and Samarra 50 km
further south.
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