A
shocking discovery has been made of a mass grave said to be containing
bodies of hundreds of police officers who have been beheaded.
File photo used only for illustrative purpose
It has been revealed that a mass grave has been found filled up with beheaded policemen.
This revelation was made by the Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The mass grave had been discovered in a bush near Mosul by Iraqi
Security Forces 10 days ago but revelation that it contains the bodies
of 300 beheaded former local police officers executed by Islamic State,
has just been made.
Joe Stork, Deputy Middle East Director at HRW, said in a statement
on Thursday in Cairo that the bodies in the grave appeared to be of men
killed in custody.
He cited witnesses as saying they believe that at the end of
October, Islamic State massacred several hundred former policemen they
had been holding as prisoners. “Islamic State should be held accountable
for these crimes against humanity.
The Iraqi army had earlier said that the same mass grave,
discovered on Nov. 7, contained about 100 decapitated bodies thrown into
a rubbish pit.
Stork, however, said the grave was found on the grounds of the
agricultural college in Hammam al-Alil, 15 kilometres south of Mosul.
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