Islamic State (IS) militants shot to death some 300 Yazidi prisoners in northern Iraq on May 1, the Chicago Tribune website reports today (May 3, 2015).
The killings took place at a prison camp near the town of Tal Afar, some 90 miles east of the Syrian border or 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, legislator Mahma Khalil said.
"The militants want to spread horror among them to force them to convert to Islam or to do something else," Khalil said. Yazidis tend to follow a unique religion that includes Zoroastrianism.
Khalil added that those killed included men, women, and the elderly. He said that some 1,400 Yazidis are still held in that camp. The Islamic State group is comprised of militant Sunni Muslims, who believe that Christians and even Shiite Muslims deserve death.
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