ISIS captures hundreds of Syrian cement factory workers, state news reports
(CNN)ISIS-affiliated
militants captured more than 300 workers and contractors at a cement
factory, state news reported Thursday, in what appears to be another
example of the terror group acting out against civilians -- this time
not far from Damascus.
The
state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported Thursday, citing a source in
Syria's Ministry of Industry, that the al-Badiyeh Cement Co. reported
more than 300 people were being held by ISIS.
The company had not been in contact with its workers or contractors as of late Thursday afternoon.
Local
official Nadim Kreizan told SANA that witnesses saw about 125 "abducted
workers" being put on buses that headed toward areas more firmly under
ISIS control.
Ramdi Abdulrahman,
head of the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told CNN
that he believes 150 to 250 factory staffers were missing.
The
factory is about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Damascus, the
Syrian capital and base of President Bashar al-Assad's government.
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