Militants took six foreign truck drivers hostage and threatened to behead them unless their company ends its business in Iraq, and their countries – India, Egypt and Kenya – pull all their citizens out.

A MILITANT group said yesterday it had taken six more hostages - three Indians, two Kenyans and an Egyptian - and would behead them if their countries did not immediately announce the withdrawal of their citizens from Iraq.

A militant group in Iraq says it has taken six hostages – two Kenyans, three Indians and an Egyptian – hostage and will behead them if their countries do not announce their intention to withdraw their troops from Iraq immediately.