Alwaght- ISIS terrorists have executed scores of civilians who sought to escape from the Iraq's northern Province of Kirkuk on Saturday, a local TV reported.
Commander of pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces, Hassan Mahmoud al-Soufi told Arabic-language al-Sumaria television network on Saturday that ISIS terrorists executed 61 people including a woman, by firing squad at a military base on the outskirts of the terrorist-held town of Hawijah.
Hawijah is located about 282 kilometers north of the capital, Baghdad and 30 miles south of Kirkuk.
Soufi noted that the deceased were among the 3,000 civilian whom ISIS terrorists had ambushed and captured a few day ago as the former tried to flee from Hawijah. It is estimated that hundreds of women, children and elderly people are among those being held captive.
There are reports that ISIS terrorists plan to use the hostages as human shields to stop the advance of government forces gearing up for the liberation of Hawijah.
On Thursday, ISIS terrorists had killed 12 Hawijah residents attempting to flee the terrorist-held area.
The Iraqi army and fighters from the Popular Mobilization units has been engaged in joint operations to retake regions.
ISIS terrorists have gained notoriety for their barbarity, heinous atrocities and sacrilegious acts. The terrorists are committing gross human rights violations and war crimes in the areas they control in Iraq as well as in neighboring Syria.
