The Iraqi Defense Ministry's Directorate of Intelligence and Security announced on Friday the release of a foreign abductee and the arrest of her abductors. This was done after receiving intelligence information from the branch's administration in Baghdad.
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According to the announcement, she was a woman with foreign citizenship who was found inside an apartment in the Al Karada neighborhood of the Iraqi capital. According to the report, the woman was tortured and subjected to violence by the kidnappers. It is believed that this is a woman from Bangladesh. It was also reported that two defendants with foreign citizenship were arrested inside the apartment and taken into the care of the authorities.
Elizabeth Tsurkov, Israeli abductee (archive). It is not known if it is her, Photo: AFP
Just a few months ago, Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped. It was believed at the time that the Shiite militias' umbrella organization, Hashd al-Shaabi, was behind her abduction.
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