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Daesh executes six in Kirkuk

Published July 29th, 2015 - 10:24 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

The ISIL group has executed six people in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk for attempting to flee an area under the control of the terrorist outfit.

According to a local source in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, ISIL executed six brothers from two families, who were about to flee from a district in the city, and raised their bodies on electricity poles.

The source explained that the group executed the Iraqi people by “shooting them dead in front of a gathering of people in the center of the village of al-Hegel.”

According to the source, they were executed for “their attempt to flee from the village of Asudaira in the district of Hawija.”

The United Nations (UN)’s human rights office said on Tuesday that a growing number of people in Iraq have encountered deadly ambushes as they try to escape areas controlled by the militant group.

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