Gunmen kidnap civilian in northern Tikrit

Salah-il-Din (IraqiNews.com) Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a civilian in al-Shurqat district of northern Tikrit on Sunday.

Security source stated to IraqiNews.com “The gunmen kidnapped him while he was heading to the market,” noting that “The reason behind kidnapping him is that his sons are serving as Iraqi Army soldiers.”

“He received threats more than once to force his sons to quit their jobs yet he refused,” the source concluded.