ISIS has massacred 175 of the 300 cement workers it kidnapped outside Syrian capital Damascus, government claims
175 of the 300 cement workers feared to have been executed by ISIS
Extremists seized the labourers from an area to the northeast of Damascus
Taken near spot where militants had launched an assault on Assad’s forces
Hostages are workers and contractors of the Al Badia Cement company
By JULIAN ROBINSON and TOM WYKE
DailyMail.com
8 April 2016
ISIS fighters have reportedly executed 175 of the 300 kidnapped cement workers outside the Syrian capital Damascus, according to the Syrian state’s military.
Extremists seized the labourers from an area close to the town of Dumeir, northeast of the capital. The jihadi group’s media arm have denied reports of the workers being massacred and insisted they have been released unharmed.
The hostages were taken near the spot where militants had launched an assault against forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad earlier this week.
The workers and contractors of Al Badia Cement company were taken from near the town of Dumeir and their employer had lost all contact with them, the industry ministry is quoted as saying.
A source in the company told state-run news agency SANA that there has been no success in efforts to establish contact with any of the workers.
SANA said ’employees and executives of the Al-Badia cement factory’ were abducted by the jihadists, after local residents reported that at least 250 workers at the plant had been missing since Monday.
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