IS executes 40 people in Iraq

By IANS English

Updated: Monday, August 22, 2016, 11:04 [IST]

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Baghdad, Aug 22: At least 40 persons were executed on Sunday (Aug 21) by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Iraq's Mosul city, a security official said.

The victims were executed over charges of conspiring against the IS rule in Mosul, Xinhua news agency reported.

Sheikh Nozhan Selman (second from right) poses for a picture with his men holding an Islamic State (IS) flag they captured in Hajj Ali, Iraq, Tuesday, August 9, 2016. Sheikh Nazhan Sakhar and the 700 men under his command are among the forces preparing to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the IS. He says his Sunni militia is critical to defeating IS and maintaining peace afterward because his fighters, unlike the majority of Iraq's military, are local to Mosul. AP/PTI

The victims were accused of helping people to flee the city and being former Iraqi security members.

"The IS terrorist group delivered the bodies of 40 men and a list of their names to the morgue of the main hospital in Mosul," a security official said.

The official said all the bodies were shot in the head.

IANS

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