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'Turkish construction workers seized' in Iraq Turkish construction workers seized in Iraq
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At least 17 Turkish construction workers have been kidnapped by gunmen in the north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, security officials say. At least 18 Turkish construction workers have been kidnapped by gunmen in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Iraqi and Turkish officials say.
The workers were employees of a company building a sports complex in the Sadr City district. The workers were employed by a Turkish company building a sports stadium in the north-eastern Sadr City district.
They had been sleeping in caravans at the site when the gunmen arrived in vehicles at dawn and took them away, officials told the Associated Press. They were sleeping in caravans at the site when armed men wearing military uniforms reportedly arrived in pick-up trucks at dawn and took them away.
Neither the identity nor the motive of the kidnappers was immediately known.Neither the identity nor the motive of the kidnappers was immediately known.
Turkey recently began carrying out air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in northern Iraq and allowing US warplanes to use its bases to bomb the jihadist group. Turkey recently began carrying out air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Syria, and allowing US warplanes to use its bases to bomb the jihadist group.
Last June, 46 Turkish citizens were seized by IS militants as they captured the northern city of Mosul. They were released unharmed after more than three months in captivity.
Sadr City is also stronghold of the pro-government Shia militias battling IS on the ground in Iraq.