NEW DELHI: All 46 Kerala nurses holed up in Tikrit in Iraq are safe and have been moved out, apparently by Sunni insurgents, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Thursday.
Chandy did not tell the media here how he had learnt about the movement of the nurses but added that the nurses were in touch with the Indian embassy in Baghdad.
" Due to the sensitive nature of the issue, we can’t divulge more details on the mission being planned to being back the nurses. Our main concern is their safety and our main aim is to ensure the safe return of those nurses who wish to return to India. We also expect UN’s intervention…” Chandy said at a press conference here, also attended by Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala and Kerala Congress leader K M Mani
One nurse told an Indian television channel that they were being moved by the insurgents to Mosul.
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