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| Isis 'executes 150 women for refusing to marry militants' and buries them in mass graves | Isis 'executes 150 women for refusing to marry militants' and buries them in mass graves |
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| Isis has executed at least 150 women for refusing to marry militants in Iraq, Turkish media has reported. | Isis has executed at least 150 women for refusing to marry militants in Iraq, Turkish media has reported. |
| A statement released by Iraq's Ministry of Human Rights on Tuesday said the militants had attacked women in the western Iraqi province of Al-Anbar before burying them in mass graves in Fallujah. | |
| Some of the women killed were pregnant at the time, according to the Anadolu Agency. | Some of the women killed were pregnant at the time, according to the Anadolu Agency. |
| "At least 150 females, including pregnant women, were executed in Fallujah by a militant named Abu Anas Al-Libi after they refused to accept jihad marriage," the statement said. | "At least 150 females, including pregnant women, were executed in Fallujah by a militant named Abu Anas Al-Libi after they refused to accept jihad marriage," the statement said. |
| "Many families were also forced to migrate from the province’s northern town of Al-Wafa after hundreds of residents received death threats." | |
| Isis has overrun a large part of the western Anbar province in its push to expand its territory across swathes of Iraq and Syria. | Isis has overrun a large part of the western Anbar province in its push to expand its territory across swathes of Iraq and Syria. |
| The Independent is attempting to verify the reports. | The Independent is attempting to verify the reports. |
| The executions come after the militant group shot dead at least 50 men, women and children in a tribe massacre in the province last month. | The executions come after the militant group shot dead at least 50 men, women and children in a tribe massacre in the province last month. |
| The attack against the Al Bu Nimr tribe took place in the village of Ras al-Maa, north of Ramadi, the provincial capital. There, the militant group killed at least 40 men, six women and four children. | The attack against the Al Bu Nimr tribe took place in the village of Ras al-Maa, north of Ramadi, the provincial capital. There, the militant group killed at least 40 men, six women and four children. |
| A senior tribesman said they were lined up and publicly killed one by one. An official within the Anbar governor's office corroborated the tribesman's account, according to The Associated Press. | A senior tribesman said they were lined up and publicly killed one by one. An official within the Anbar governor's office corroborated the tribesman's account, according to The Associated Press. |
| Isis also recently published what appeared to be an “abhorrent” pamphlet providing its followers with guidelines on how to capture, keep and sexually abuse female slaves. | Isis also recently published what appeared to be an “abhorrent” pamphlet providing its followers with guidelines on how to capture, keep and sexually abuse female slaves. |