The Islamic State (IS) group has executed more than 2,000 people in
and around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul since seizing it in June
2014, officials said August 7.
They "assassinated in cold blood...2,070 residents of Nineveh
for...not cooperating with them," Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid
al-Obaidi said in a video posted on the ministry's website.
Parliament speaker Salim al-Jaburi called the mass executions a
"historical crime of genocide," while Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi
claimed that the killings came in response to IS's recent losses to
government forces in Anbar Province.
The names of 2,070 people were posted on a list compiled by the
militant group, part of which was displayed on a wall of the local
health ministry branch, several Mosul residents said.
The list came with an order from IS, which has administered Mosul
since taking over last year, for the ministry staff to deliver death
certificates.
Islamic State Executed 'Unprecedented' 2,070 Iraqis Around Mosul
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