ISIS detain 35 former intelligence officers in Hawija
ISIS militants execute police and army personnel. Representational photo.
“At a very late time of Sunday, ISIS members detained 35 former members of the 2nd intelligence division of the Iraqi army at the villages of Tal Ali, Mahouz, Sharia and Shawook,” said the source, revealing that the officers were driven to an unknown destination.
He added that the extremist group accuses the former officers of collaborating with Iraqi forces which had advanced closer to al-Zab area, near Tigris River (30 km west of Hawija).
ISIS, emerging to the scene in Iraq in 2014, took over several areas of Iraq, including parts of Kirkuk’s Hawija. They have, since then, launched several attacks on the town outskirts attempting to storm it.
ISIS has been notorious for heinously executing people whom it accused of tipping off security about militants locations and activities.