Al-Thani hunters still missing from Iraq
Issue 1010
- 18 Feb 2016
| 1 minute read
Nine Al-Thanis kidnapped in December while hunting in southern Iraq are still being held, according to a senior member of the Qatari ruling family. The nine were part of a group of 26 people who were on a hunting trip in Al-Muthanna province’s Samawa desert when armed militias attacked their camp in the middle of the night. Some of the group escaped because they were away on a night hunting expedition. Following the kidnap, Al-Muthanna governor Faleh Al-Zayadi banned all Gulf hunting parties from the area.
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