BAGHDAD, Oct 21 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi security forces, found a mass grave containing the remains of over 50 people, believed to be killed by Daesh militants, in Kirkuk province, the Iraqi military said, yesterday.
A federal police force found the bodies in one of the villages, while hunting for the militants near the provincial capital Kirkuk, some 250 km north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Yehia Rasool, spokesman of the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi forces, said in a statement.
“The mass grave contains the remains of more than 50 bodies of the people, who were executed by the gangs of Daesh militants, during their control of the area,” Rasool said.
The search came as the militants intensify their attacks on security forces, including Hashd Shaabi forces, and civilians, in the formerly Daesh-controlled Sunni provinces, resulting in the killing and wounding of dozens of people.– NNN-NINA
