Iraqi MP: 416 Turkmens kidnapped by ISIS

Iraqi Turkmen MP, Nahla Hussein, disclosed on Tuesday the kidnapping of 416 Turkmen by ISIS during the past few months, Anadolu agency reported.

In a press statement, Hussein disclosed that most of the kidnapped Turkmen were women and children. ISIS is “training the kidnapped children on fighting techniques and mines preparations after killing their families,” she added.

Thousands of Turkmen have fled Telafar city, 90 km west of Mosul, as a result of the fighting, heading mostly for the Kurdish northern region and southern Iraqi provinces.

Reports say that around 14,000 Turkmen have joined the People’s Army, a paramilitary militia mostly dominated by Shiites, and fighting against ISIS alongside Iraqi government forces.