Islamic State militants killed
40 former members of the Iraqi Security Forces near Mosul on Saturday and threw
their bodies in the Tigris river, U.N. human rights spokeswoman Ravina
Shamdasani said on Tuesday, citing reports from the field.
IS also tried to transport
about 25,000 civilians from Hammam al-Alil, a town south of Mosul, on trucks
and minibuses during the hours of darkness early on Monday, probably for use as
human shields in defense of IS positions, she said.
Most of the trucks turned back
under pressure from patrolling aircraft, but some buses did reach Abusaif, 15
km north of Hammam al-Alil, she said.
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