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Salahuddin police rescue families from ISIS grip

 Salahuddin police rescue families from ISIS grip

Security forces while arresting a number of ISIS members. File photo.

Security forces while arresting a number of ISIS members. File photo.
Security forces while arresting ISIS members. File photo.

(IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin – A security source in Salahuddin province informed that a team of the province police successfully rescued three families who fled from Hawija from ISIS control in eastern Tikrit.

Sharing details the source said, “Police forces today clashed with ISIS members at al-Abyad, 40 km northeast of Tikrit. The ISIS members were chasing the families who fled from Hawija district in western Kirkuk while the police had this face-off. In the exchange of fire, two ISIS fighters were killed and they rescued the fleeing families. The families were later transferred to al-Alam in eastern Tikrit.”

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