Baghdad, Jan 31 (IANS/EFE) Islamic State (IS) militants kidnapped 78 people Saturday in **rthern Iraq, including 15 workers from a state oil company in Kirkuk, officials said. IS combatants attacked Kirkuk Friday and briefly occupied the **rth Oil Company field located 25 km southeast of Kirkuk city before abducting 15 workers, an Iraqi police spokesperson told Efe. Peshmerga forces from the Kurdish auto**mous region in **rthern Iraq subsequently recovered control of the field but did **t find any of the oil workers.
02-01-2015, 06:22 PM
IS kidnaps 78 people in Iraq
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