500 Christian Families Flee Mosul -- International Herald TribuneBAGHDAD: The governor of Iraq's northern Ninevah province says 500 Christian families have fled their homes in Mosul in the past last week.
Duraid Mohammed Kashmoula says the families have left for churches, monasteries and the homes of relatives in nearby Christian villages and towns.
Kashmoula said Saturday that seven Christians have been killed in the last week. Local Christian leaders have said the attacks amount to a "campaign of killings" and displacement.
The Christian community has been estimated at 3 percent of Iraq's 26 million people, or about 800,000 people. Islamic extremists have frequently targeted them since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Mosul is Ninevah's provincial capital and is 225 miles northwest of Baghdad.
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