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Iraq starts excavation of large mass grave left by Islamic State
Excavation at al-Khasfa sinkhole aims to recover and identify thousands of ISIS victims including soldiers and Yazidis amid challenging conditions, officials said.
- Iraqi authorities have begun excavating a mass grave believed to contain thousands of victims of Islamic State near Mosul city.
- Official estimates put the number of bodies buried at the Khasfa site at least 4,000, possibly thousands more.
- While investigators cannot confirm if Khasfa is the largest mass grave in modern Iraqi history, according to the size of the space, they estimate it to be one of the largest.
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In Iraq, specialists have begun the excavation of a mass grave.
'A crime that shocks the mind': Iraq exhumes mass grave site left by ISIS
Iraqi officials have exhumed human remains from what they believe is a mass grave that the Islamic State (ISIS) left behind in the Middle Eastern country, The Associated Press reported. The Iraqi Martyrs Foundation confirmed to the state-run Iraqi News Agency that the country’s Forensic Medicine Department will examine all recovered remains. Workers in northern Iraq are excavating a site in the Iraqi city of al-Khasfa, about 73 miles east of the…
The operation is initially limited to collecting visible human remains and surface evidence.
Iraq Begins Excavation of ISIL Mass Grave near Mosul - teleSUR English
Iraqi authorities have begun excavating a suspected mass grave near Mosul, believed to contain thousands of victims killed during ISIL’s occupation of northern Iraq from 2014 to 2017. RELATED: Iran Launches “Annunciation of Victory” Missile Operation Against U.S. Bases in Qatar and Iraq Officials from local authorities, the judiciary, forensic teams, the Iraqi Martyrs Foundation, and the directorate of mass graves began work at the al-Khasfa sit…
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