More than 100 Iraqi men, including nine boys, have been kidnapped by
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters near Tikrit, an
influential sheikh says.
Sheikh Anwar Assi al-Obeidi told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that 118 men
and nine boys were originally captured three days ago from Rubaidha
village, east of Tikrit, but that 21 men have since been released.
The boys, aged nine and 10, are still being held along with the remaining men at an unknown location, Sheikh Anwar said.
He said that most of those captured have relatives fighting against
ISIL and that 600 members of the al-Obeid tribe, where he is the
paramount sheikh, have been killed by ISIL fighters since June.
He said news of the kidnapping had not been reported earlier because phone services had been cut off in the area.
The news came a day after ISIL fighters reportedly captured at least 70 Assyrian Christians in Hassakeh province in northeast Syria.
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