Islamic State Fighters Massacre Dozens Of Yazidi Villagers In Iraq

Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, walk toward the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar Mountain, earlier this week. RFE

Islamic State Fighters Kill Dozens Of Yazidi Villagers -- Washington Post

DAHUK, Iraq — Extremist fighters have killed more than 80 men and detained hundreds of women in a Yazidi village, Yazidis and Kurdish officials said Saturday, offering a reminder that the ancient minority sect is still at risk despite President Obama’s conclusion that the threat had passed for those stranded on Mount Sinjar.

Islamic State militants drove into the village of Kocho, about 15 miles southwest of the town of Sinjar, on Friday, following a week-long siege in which the al-Qaeda inspired group demanded that residents convert to Islam or face death, said the reports, which could not be independently verified.

The men were rounded up and executed, while the women were taken to an undisclosed location, according to Ziad Sinjar, a pesh merga commander based on the edge of Mount Sinjar, citing the accounts of villagers nearby. Six men were injured but survived, and managed to escape to a nearby village where they are being sheltered by sympathetic local Sunni Iraqis, he said. One of them told him that 84 Yazidi men were lined up and shot and that more than 300 women were taken away.

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More News On Reports That Islamic State Fighters Are Massacring Dozens Of Yazidi Villagers In Iraq

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Iraqi officials: Islamic State group kills 80 men -- AP
ISIS Massacres 80 Yazidis In Northern Iraq Town -- FOX News
Iraqi Officials: Militants Killed 80 Yazidis -- Radio Free Europe
Islamic State 'massacres' 80 Yazidis in north Iraq - officials -- Reuters

My Comment: I suspect that these mass killings are just the tip of the iceberg .... that most massacres are not being reported at all for the simple reason that no one survives.