Priest, Christians kidnapped in Syria says Catholic Patriarchate

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) On Tuesday the Catholic Patriarchate in Jerusalem said that a parish priest and a number of Christians have been kidnapped from a small village in northern Syria.

The Catholic Patriarchate said that Father Hanna Jallouf had been kidnapped on the night of Oct 5th from a small village near the Syrian border with Turkey. It also said the kidnappers were brigades linked to al-Nusra group.

The statement issued by the Patriarchate said it has no contact with the priest, and added that the extremists captured a number of local people from the village and kidnapped them.