Islamic State "massacres" 80 Yazidis in north Iraq -officials

"They arrived in vehicles and they started their killing this afternoon," a senior Kurdish official said.


August 16, 2014

Islamic State militants "massacred" some 80 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority in a village in the country's north, a Yazidi lawmaker and two Kurdish officials said on Friday.

"They arrived in vehicles and they started their killing this afternoon," senior Kurdish official Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters.

"We believe it's because of their creed: convert or be killed."

A Yazidi lawmaker and another senior Kurdish official also said the killings had taken place and that the women of the village were kidnapped.

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Blue jersey | 9 years ago | Reply

U.S. alone is responsible for this world war.

csmann | 9 years ago | Reply

@Proctologist: yes, Crimson bright !!!

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