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UN refugee agency says it has received reports that ISIL has seized up to 3,000 internally displaced people in Kirkuk.
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have
reportedly captured up to 3,000 fleeing villagers in northern Iraq,
according to the UN refugee agency, or UNHCR.In its daily report on events in Iraq, UNHCR said on Friday that 12 of the captives had been executed by ISIL, also known as ISIS.
"UNHCR has received reports that ISIL captured on 4 August up to 3,000 IDPs (internally displaced people) from villages in Hawiga district in Kirkuk governorate trying to flee to Kirkuk city," UNHCR said. "Reportedly, 12 of the IDPs have been killed in captivity."