Iraqi man tortured by ISIS flown to Spain for treatment
Friday, June 10, 2016 @ 2:22 PM
AN IRAQI man who was kidnapped and tortured by DAESH, or the so-called Islamic State has been flown to Spain for his injuries to be treated.
Karlus Barbar, 28, was assaulted when ISIS sacked the village of Batnaia in Iraq in August 2014, forced to convert to Islam and to join the Jihadis in combat.
When he refused, they took him hostage for over a month, after which they released him in the middle of the desert with very serious injuries.
A Muslim family in Kirkuk found him on the street and rescued him.
Later Karlus located his family and travelled to Baghdad, where he met members of the Spanish charity Mensajeros de la Paz ('messengers of peace'), who helped him across the border into Jordan and took him to the Spanish embassy.
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