BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 2 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi security forces, on Saturday, found burned remains of nine truffle collectors, kidnapped and killed by the Daesh militants in the western province of Anbar, Iraqi military and a security source said.
The remains were found in a desert area, in the west of the town of Rutba, some 300 km west of Anbar’s provincial capital, Ramadi, the media office of the Joint Operations Command said, in a statement.
The victims were kidnapped and killed by the militants while collecting truffles in the desert, the statement added.
A provincial security source said, the interrogation of a captured militant in Anbar led to the location of the burned bodies.
Some of the victims were from Rutba or the nearby province of Karbala, south of Baghdad, the source said.
Earlier this year, the militants have either kidnapped or killed many civilians, who went to the desert areas to collect truffles after a rainy season.
The militants are still active in the vast Anbar desert that stretches to the borders with neighbouring countries of Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.– NNN-NINA
