Showing posts with label Mass graves of victims of the EI discovered near Tikrit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mass graves of victims of the EI discovered near Tikrit. Show all posts

Mass graves of victims of the EI discovered near Tikrit


A week after the release of Tikrit, Iraqis discover the extent of the massacres perpetrated by the Islamic state in the region.


Last June, the jihadists attacked Camp Speicher, a former US base. Ali survived. He says: "the fourth bullet was meant for me, but it did not hit me. The fifth killed the person next to me. I played dead, I fell to the ground. I was covered with the blood of my brothers and I let myself drove to the valley. "


In all, 1,700 soldiers of the Iraqi government army were executed in this region alone, north of Baghdad.


And while experts are trying to identify victims, fighting continues a few kilometers away.