250 Syrians missing after IS attack east of Damascus

April 07, 2016 21:23

More than 300 staff at a cement factory near Damascus have been kidnapped after an attack earlier this week by ISIS, Syrian state TV said on Thursday.

Hundreds of employees at the Al Badia Cement company were taken by ISIL fighters from a factory 50km east of the Syrian capital, the report quoted the industry ministry as saying.

It added the workers' employer had lost all contact with them.

There were conflicting reports earlier on Thursday about the number of people missing.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "dozens" of staff had disappeared, while a plant administrator put the figure at 250.

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