Indian nurses abducted in Iraq released, to fly home: India official

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Indian nurses abducted in Iraq released, to fly home: India official

Nearly 50 Indian nurses who were abducted by suspected Islamist militants in Iraq have been released and will soon be flown home, an Indian official said on Friday. The nurses, all from the southern Indian state of Kerala, were being moved from the northern city of Mosul to the city of Erbil, some 80 km (50 miles) away, said P. Sivadasan, an aide to Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. The 46 nurses were stranded in a hospital in the militant-controlled city of Tikrit for weeks but were moved on Thursday against their will, India's foreign ministry said. "They are all safe and we're trying to get them back at the earliest," said Chandy, who met Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi to discuss the nurses' predicament.

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