GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 11 (UPI) — The Islamic State shot and killed 40 civilians in Mosul, Iraq, and hung the dead bodies on power poles, the United Nations said Friday.
In a statement outlining human rights abuses committed by the militant group also identified as Daesh, ISIS and ISIL in Iraq, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein reported killings of civilians based upon decisions by self-appointed IS courts.
“On Tuesday, ISIL reportedly shot and killed 40 civilians in Mosul city after accusing them of ‘treason and collaboration’ with the Iraqi security forces. The victims were dressed in orange clothes marked in red with the words ‘traitors and agents of the ISF.’ Their bodies were then hung on electrical poles in several areas in Mosul city.”
The U.N. statement reported a man was shot to death for ignoring an IS ban on use of mobile phones. Six civilians also were hanged for carrying banned SIM cards, a data storage element of cellphones; 20 civilians shot to death on charges of leaking information; and boys that IS calls “sons of the caliphate” were deployed to roam the streets of Mosul wearing explosive belts. An underground IS prison holding 961 starving inmates was found; IS is also abducting women and relocating them to Mosul, and has a fleet of loudspeaker-equipped vehicles which announce anyone escaping battles with the Iraqi security Forces will be executed, the statement says.
