HRW: Iraqi security forces execute 255 Muslim prisoners
According to AFP, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on July 11 that Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite Muslim militias executed at least 255 Sunni Muslim prisoners as they fled a lightning attack by Islamic jihadists in June.
According to AFP, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on July 11 that Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite Muslim militias executed at least 255 Sunni Muslim prisoners as they fled a lightning attack by Islamic jihadists in June.
"Iraqi security forces and government-aligned militias appear to have unlawfully executed at least 255 prisoners... since June 9. This mass killing may constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity," HRW said in a statement.
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| Iraqi militiamen take part in a training exercise. (Source: AFP) |
According to HRW, this appears to be a move to avenge the attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), now renamed the Islamic State (IS).
In related developments on the same day, a car bomb and a roadside bomb killed at least 28 people and injured 25 others in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk./.
According to VNA
