Two Turkish workers kidnapped in Baghdad are released

  16 September 2015    Read: 1061
Two Turkish workers kidnapped in Baghdad are released
Two of the 18 Turkish workers kidnapped in Baghdad this month have been released near the southern oil city of Basra, the Turkish ambassador in Baghdad said on Wednesday.
“They are in good health. They are saying the other 16 are also in good health,” Faruk Kaymakci told Reuters.

Local sources confirmed the men’s release.

The Turkish workers appeared in a video days after their release, apparently held by a group that used a Shi’ite slogan and threatened to attack Turkish interests in Iraq if its demands were not met.

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