ISIS executes 17 youths in Hawija District, Kirkuk
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(IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – The leader of Obeid clans in Iraq, Anwar al-Aasi said on Thursday, that the ISIS elements executed 17 youths from the residents of Hawija District and its surroundings, while called the government to accelerate in the liberation of the southern and western areas of Kirkuk.
Aasi said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, “In the last three days, ISIS elements beheaded 17 youths from the residents of Hawija District and the areas of Zab, al-Riyad, al-Abasi and al-Rashad (55 km southwest of Kirkuk) on charges of writing banners inciting against [them].”
He also added, “The ISIS elements had put the heads of the victims in front of the entrance of Shamit village in the district of Hawija and forced their families not to raise them for three days,” calling the Iraqi government, “to speed up the liberation of Hawija.”