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The Indian Nurse Held Hostage by IS
How 46 nurses were stranded in a hospital in Iraq and captured by so-called Islamic State
Marina Jose is an Indian nurse who has worked in different parts of the world. In 2014 she was part of a group of nurses held hostage for 23 days by militants from so-called Islamic State. It happened when they were working at Tikrit hospital in Northern Iraq. She told Matthew Bannister how they survived.
Image: View of Tikrit March 2015
Credit: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/Getty Images
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