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Daesh militants execute 17 young men in northern Iraq

Wednesday, 23 December 2015 10:59 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 23 December 2015 10:59 AM ]

This file photo shows Takfiri Daesh militants in an undisclosed location in Iraq.

Members of Daesh Takfiri militant group have reportedly executed more than a dozen young men in Iraq’s embattled northern province of Nineveh.

A spokesman for the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Mosul, Saeed Mamouzini, said Daesh terrorists killed 17 youths by firing squad in a prison of the city, which is located some 400 kilometers (248 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad, on charges of “using the internet.”

The development came only four days after Daesh executed a dozen people by throwing them from a towering building in the central Bab al-Toub neighborhood of Mosul, after accusing them of practicing sorcery and witchcraft.

A local source, requesting not to be named, said Daesh extremists used the building, the tallest in the city, to carry out the execution.

Meanwhile, the Daesh militant group has reportedly executed nearly a dozen of its own members in Mosul after they escaped clashes between the terrorists and Kurdish Peshmerga forces north of the embattled city.

The slain Daesh extremists were decapitated by sword in downtown Mosul and in front of a large number of onlookers.

Gruesome violence has plagued the northern and western parts of Iraq ever since ISIL Takfiris launched an offensive in June 2014, and took control of portions of Iraqi territory.

The militants have been committing vicious crimes against all ethnic and religious communities in Iraq, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians and others.

Units of army soldiers joined by fighters from allied Popular Mobilization units are seeking to win back militant-held regions in joint operations.

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