Hundreds of Yazidi women taken captive by ISIS

by Associated Press

BAGHDAD World

Aug 08, 2014 12:00 am GMT+3

by Associated Press

Aug 08, 2014 12:00 am

The spokesman for Iraq's human rights ministry says hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority have been taken captive by militants from ISIS.

Kamil Amin says the women are below the age of 35 and some are being held in schools in Iraq's second largest city, Mosul. He said the ministry learned of the captives from their families.

Tens of thousands of Yazidis fled when ISIS, earlier this month, captured the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, near the Syrian border. Amin's comments were the first Iraqi government confirmation that some women were being held by the group.

Last Update: Aug 09, 2014 10:11 am

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