ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Eight prisoners believed to be working for Iraqi security forces reportedly escaped an alleged secret jail in Salahadin province run by the Islamic State group (ISIS), military sources told Rudaw Saturday.
They said the prisoners escaped the prison near the town of Shargat and managed to reach borders controlled by the Iraqi army.
“ISIS has put up several checkpoints at the main roads and published the names and photos of the prisoners,” according to an official source at the Salahadin Operations Command.“
He said the prisoners “are currently safe.”
The military official said, “The prisoners are believed to be employees of the Iraqi security forces who were detained by ISIS.”
The prisoners told officials their captors had planned to behead them.
The Iraqi army, together with Shiite militias and tribal fighters, pushed out ISIS from the major portion of Salahadin province in fighting over the last several months.
On Monday, nearly 70 young men living in territories controlled by ISIS turned themselves over to Peshmerga forces on the Gwer front. Many of them described life under ISIS control as “hell,” saying had no access to education and had constantly lived with the fear of starvation or violence.
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