<p>Turkey's Foreign Ministry says its embassy in Baghdad is looking into reports that Islamic militants in Iraq have abducted 60 foreign construction workers near the city of Kirkuk.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The private Dogan news agency said today that militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant seized the group near Kirkuk, where they were building a hospital.<br /><br />It said others abducted are from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Turkmenistan. The agency based its report on an unnamed worker who was reportedly freed by the militants.<br />The Foreign Ministry could not immediately confirm the report but said its embassy was investigating.<br /><br />Last week, militants from the al-Qaida inspired group seized 49 people from the Turkish consulate in Mosul and 31 Turkish truck drivers.</p>
<p>Turkey's Foreign Ministry says its embassy in Baghdad is looking into reports that Islamic militants in Iraq have abducted 60 foreign construction workers near the city of Kirkuk.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The private Dogan news agency said today that militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant seized the group near Kirkuk, where they were building a hospital.<br /><br />It said others abducted are from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Turkmenistan. The agency based its report on an unnamed worker who was reportedly freed by the militants.<br />The Foreign Ministry could not immediately confirm the report but said its embassy was investigating.<br /><br />Last week, militants from the al-Qaida inspired group seized 49 people from the Turkish consulate in Mosul and 31 Turkish truck drivers.</p>