Home beckons: Freed Indian nurses reach Kochi
In a dramatic reversal of fortunes, 46 Indian nurses who were stranded in strife-torn Iraq only a day ago have returned to their home in Kochi in the southern Indian state …
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It’s official: 46 Indian nurses freed, to return home
In a glimmer of hope amid deepening gloom in Iraq, all the 46 Indian nurses held hostage by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a Sunni militant group ravaging the Gulf state, have been released.
According to reports, they have been handed over to Indian officials at the Erbil checkpoint in Kurdistan from where a special Air India aircraft will bring the standard nurses back home to Kochi. A state official from Kerala and another from the centre are expected to accompany the aircraft.
Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy confirmed the news of the release, adding they were all safe. “We are happy to solve a humanitarian issue. The poor nurse had gone to Iraq to earn a livelihood and they wanted to come back.”
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