US EditionIraq 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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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…
Iraq begins excavating mass grave thought to hold thousands of Islamic State group victims
Iraqi authorities have started to unearth the remains of what could be thousands of victims of the Islamic State group left in a mass grave near the city of Mosul, including soldiers, city residents and members of the Yazidi religious minority.
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