Some buried alive: 500 executed in Iraq Women, children suffer horrific deaths

Some buried alive: 500 executed in Iraq

Women, children suffer horrific deaths

Published: 18 hours ago (NEWS.SKY) — Iraq militants have executed at least 500 Yazidi people, dumping their victims in mass graves across the north of the country, an official has said.
There is “striking evidence” that Islamic State fighters, formerly known as ISIS, have buried some of their victims, including women and children, alive as they continue their bloody advance across Iraq, according to the human rights minister.
The militants have driven as many as 150,000 Yazidis from their homes into the Sinjar mountains, where they are cut off from food and water and struggling to survive. Hundreds are already reported to have died.

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