ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Turkish embassy in Baghdad is investigating news reports that a group of Turkish construction workers were among 60 people abducted by Islamist militants near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) seized 15 Turks who were building a hospital near the town of Dour, located in Salahuddin province near the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, the Dogan news agency said, citing a worker who was freed along with other Sunni Muslims who were let go.
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