200 residents of Iraqi town held by Daesh

Baghdad - Hundreds of residents demonstrated later on that day to protest the killing and clashes broke out when the militants attempted to disperse the protesters.

The mayor of a remote, Daesh-held town in western Iraq says some 200 residents are detained by the group after clashes there.
Trouble in Rutbah, in Anbar province, started on Saturday when Daesh militants killed a local resident for killing a member of the group as part of a long-running blood feud.
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Hundreds of residents demonstrated later on that day to protest the killing and clashes broke out when the militants attempted to disperse the protesters.
A provincial Anbar official said on Saturday some 70 residents were detained by the militants and more than 100 more were tied to streetlight poles for about 24 hours as a punishment.
Rutbah's mayor, Imad Al Rishawy, said on Monday that around 200 residents are still held by the Daesh group at an unknown location.
 

• MENA