ISIS executes 300 civil servants from Iraqi electoral commission

  

August 10, 2015

The ISIS terrorist group has reportedly executed more than 300 civil servants from the Iraqi electoral commission, as part of a crackdown on those accused of promoting democracy and “ideas that distorted Islam”.

 

An Iraqi security official told Spain’s EFE news agency that the executions were carried out by firing squad on Saturday in the militant group’s stronghold of Mosul.

 

Mahmoud al-Sauaryih, a spokesman for the National Multitude militia in Nineveh province, said that those killed included 50 women.

 

In a statement, the national office of the Iraqi Supreme Electoral Commission reportedly said that a separate group of its employees were murdered with knives in Mosul. It called on the international community to “intervene immediately to stop the massacre and crimes against the Iraqi people”.

 

The apparently targeted assault on the electoral commission came as Isis released a list naming 2,070 people it claimed to have killed in Mosul since it took over the city on 10 June last year.

 

Residents told the AFP news agency the list was displayed in part on the wall of the city’s health ministry branch, ordering staff there to deliver death certificates. Family members said they were being informed, but had not had the bodies of their loved ones returned.

Among those listed were policemen, former army officers, local officials and rights activists. It was not immediately clear if the names included the electoral commission official, although an official quoted by EFE suggesting an “updated” list would be released soon suggested it did not.

The office of the Iraqi Vice President, Usama al-Nujayfi, released a statement condemning the killings, saying that “the people of Mosul have made the greatest sacrifices in confronting the jihadist group”.

By: The Shia Post