American held after leaving ISIS territory
Story highlights
- Reports say man may have been ISIS fighter, State Department official says
- The man emerged from ISIS-held territory, a Kurdish official said
(CNN)Kurdish authorities are holding an American citizen who emerged from ISIS territory, a Kurdish official told CNN on Monday.
Reports indicate the man was allegedly fighting for ISIS, a U.S. State Department official said, speaking on background.
According
to a U.S. official, the man came walking out of ISIS-held territory in
Iraq and approached troops near the Iraqi town of Gulat, near Sinjar.
The
soldiers thought he might be a suicide bomber and fired some shots
before the man indicated he wanted to turn himself in, according to the
U.S. official.
In a video that appears
to capture the moment of surrender, the man appears to say that his
father is Palestinian and his mother is an Iraqi but that he holds U.S.
citizenship.
The
Kurdistan Regional Government's security council is investigating, the
Kurdish official said. The Kurdish government is in charge of an
autonomous region in northern Iraq.
The
State Department is in touch with Iraqi and Kurdish authorities to
determine whether the reports are valid, the agency official said.
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