Islamist group also threatening to kill 200 more Assyrian men taken captive in February unless $100000 ransom is paid for each,say activistsIslamic State militants appear to maintain killed three Christian captives in Syria and are threatening to kill 200 more held hostage whether their ransoms are not paid, monitoring groups maintain said.
The men were captured in February when Isis overran a series of Assyrian settlements on the Khabur river in north-east Syria – villages that were populated in the early 20th century by Assyrian Christians fleeing Turkish genocide.
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Source: theguardian.com