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Army forces find mass grave containing remains of 27 Turkmens near Mosul

 Army forces find mass grave containing remains of 27 Turkmens near Mosul

Representational photo.

Army forces find mass grave containing remains of 27 Turkmens near Mosul
Representational photo.

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) An official source in the Joint Operations Command revealed that Iraqi army forces found a mass grave containing the remains of 27 Iraqi Turkmens in Rashidiyah area, in northern Mosul.

Colonel Thanon al-Sabawei said in a press statement, “Iraqi army forces discovered a mass grave, near the Turkmen-majority area of al-Kabba, containing remains of 27 men, youths and children.”

“The bodies have traces of torture, and the majority of them have ID cards,” Sabawei added.

“The Iraqi forces exhumed all bodies and transferred them to a health center near al-Rashidiyah area,” he further explained.

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