Forty-six Indian nurses briefly kidnapped by Sunni Jihadists in Iraq were freed on Friday, the government said, promising to redouble efforts to secure the release of another group of Indian workers who still remain captive in the violence-wracked country.
The nurses, all from Kerala, were moved from the northern city of Mosul to Erbil from where they will fly back home on a special Air India plane on Saturday morning.
"Ultimately it is hope that has triumphed," Syed Akbaruddin, spokesman for the Indian foreign ministry, told reporters.
"I can confirm to you that those Indian nurses who were yesterday moved against their will are now free."
The nurses found themselves stranded while working in a state-run hospital in Tikrit when fighters from the al-Qaeda splinter group, Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS), took control of the northern Iraqi city last month. ISIS moved them to Mosul on Thursday.
The nurses, all from Kerala, were moved from the northern city of Mosul to Erbil from where they will fly back home on a special Air India plane on Saturday morning.
"Ultimately it is hope that has triumphed," Syed Akbaruddin, spokesman for the Indian foreign ministry, told reporters.
"I can confirm to you that those Indian nurses who were yesterday moved against their will are now free."
The nurses found themselves stranded while working in a state-run hospital in Tikrit when fighters from the al-Qaeda splinter group, Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS), took control of the northern Iraqi city last month. ISIS moved them to Mosul on Thursday.
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