Re: Bodies of 78 elderly women who were shot and buried by ISIS found in one of two new mass graves uncovered in Iraq

by **Ponee** Mon Nov 16, 2015 11:14 am

Bodies of 78 elderly women who were shot and buried by ISIS found in one of two new mass graves uncovered in Iraq

Kurdish forces have uncovered two mass graves outside Sinjar, a northern Iraqi town near the Syrian border that was ruled by ISIS for more than a year before the extremists were driven out last week.

The first grave - containing the bodies of 78 elderly women - was uncovered west of the town's centre near the technical institute, said Qasim Samir, Sinjar director of intelligence.

The second grave - containing about 60 bodies of men, women and children - was uncovered 15km west of Sinjar

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Kurdish forces have uncovered two mass graves outside Sinjar, a northern Iraqi town near the Syrian border that was ruled by ISIS for more than a year before the extremists were driven out last week

Bodies of 78 elderly women who were shot and buried by ISIS found in one of two new mass graves uncovered in Iraq 2E795C2300000578-3319420-image-a-142_1447606571808

The first grave - containing the bodies of 78 elderly women - was uncovered west of the town's centre near the technical institute; the second grave - containing about 60 bodies of men, women and children - was uncovered 15km west of Sinjar

Bodies of 78 elderly women who were shot and buried by ISIS found in one of two new mass graves uncovered in Iraq 2E68D4A000000578-3319420-image-a-124_1447604205211

Above, Kurdish peshmerga fighters enter Sinjar on Friday. Backed by US-led airstrikes, they pushed the extremist group out of the town in a two-day operation last week

More precise information from the second grave is unavailable at the moment, Samir explained, because the surrounding area is thought to be rigged with homemade bombs, preventing investigation teams from reaching it.

The Islamic State group captured Sinjar during its rampage across northern Iraq in the summer of 2014 and killed and captured thousands of members of the Yazidi religious minority, including women forced into sexual slavery.

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