Militants in northern Iraq have massacred at least 80 men from the Yazidi faith in a village and abducted women and children, reports say. Islamic State (IS) fighters entered Kocho, 45km from Sinjar, on Friday afternoon, reportedly telling men to convert to Islam or die. The group's atrocities against non-Sunni Muslims have shocked the international community into action. In New York, the UN Security Council imposed sanctions on IS members. In another development, the US military said two of its drones had attacked and destroyed two vehicles identified as belonging to IS near Sinjar on Friday morning, after receiving reports from Kurdish forces that the militants were attacking civilians in the village of Kawju. Kurdish officials confirmed the attack on Kocho after it was reported by Yazidi activists based in Washington. "They arrived in vehicles and they started their killing this afternoon," senior Kurdish official Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters news agency. The killings took place over the space of an hour, said a Yazidi MP, Mahama Khalil, who reportedly spoke to survivors. A resident of a nearby village said an IS fighter from the same area had given him details of the bloodshed. "He told me that the Islamic State had spent five days trying to persuade villagers to convert to Islam and that a long lecture was delivered about the subject today," said the villager. "He then said the men were gathered and shot dead. The women and girls were probably taken to [the city of] Tal Afar because that is where the foreign fighters are." Hadi Pir, a Yazidi activist and member of the Yazidi Crisis Management Team in the US, also said a deadline to convert had been given to the villagers. The villagers were assembled at Kocho's only school, after which the men were shot, the activists said. Remaining villagers were then put on buses for an unknown destination. TAGS - Iraq crisis: Yazidi villagers 'massacred' by IS Islamic State 'Massacres' 80 Yazidis In North Iraq: Officials The crisis in Iraq - Vox Yazidi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Islamic State militants massacres 80 Yazidis in north Iraq ... US conducts new airstrikes as ISIS kills 90 Yazidis in Iraq ... Iraq conflict: What you need to know - USA Today US conducts new airstrikes as ISIS kills dozens of Yazidis in ... Officials: ISIS hits Yazidi village in Iraq | News - Home Report: US airstrikes near Mosul Dam - CNN.com ISIS strikes Iraq village, kills Yazidis, officials say - CNN.com Officials: ISIS hits Yazidi village in Iraq | News - KEYT Islamic State 'Massacres' 80 Yazidis In North Iraq: Officials Islamic State 'massacres' 80 Yazidis in north Iraq - officials ... Islamic State massacres 80 Yazidis in north Iraq, say officials Driven From Their Homes, Iraq's Yazidis Seek Protection ... Report: US airstrikes hit near Mosul Dam in Iraq | News ... Officials: ISIS hits Yazidi village in Iraq - NBCMontana.com Officials: ISIS hits Yazidi village in Iraq - WPTZ.com What Iraq's Yazidis Believe, and Why They Must Be Saved ... ISIS militants massacre 80 Yazidis, kidnap women in Iraqi ... ISIS militants 'massacre 80 Yazidi men and kidnap 100 ... Yazidi Activist: People are Facing Genocide in Iraq - NBC ... In Nebraska, Yazidi Community Fears for Loved Ones in Iraq Officials: ISIS hits Yazidi village in Iraq - NBCMontana.com Islamic State "massacres" 80 Yazidis in north Iraq - Chicago ... Obama on Iraq: Yazidi Rescue Op No Longer Necessary ... US rescue of Iraq's Yazidis now 'less likely' - Al Jazeera Escaping the jihadists: We meet Iraq's Yazidi refugees - ITV ... Iraq crisis: inside the Yazidi refugee camp - Blogs - Channel 4 Yazidis still reported trapped on mountain in northern Iraq Islamists 'Massacre' 80 Yazidis In Northern Iraq - Sky News Iraq conflict: Islamic State massacres 80 Yazidis; UN passes ... IS Jihadists Kill 80 Yazidis in Northern Iraq - Arutz Sheva Officials: ISIS hits Yazidi village in Iraq | News - KXLY.com In Iraq, trapped Yazidis reach haven through Syria - LA Times Iraq crisis: live - Telegraph
BREAKING NEWS - 80 Yazidi villagers MASSACRED in Iraq
Militants in northern Iraq have massacred at least 80 men from the Yazidi faith in a village and abducted women and children, reports say. Islamic State (IS) fighters entered Kocho, 45km from Sinjar, on Friday afternoon, reportedly telling men to convert to Islam or die. The group's atrocities against non-Sunni Muslims have shocked the international community into action. In New York, the UN Security Council imposed sanctions on IS members. In another development, the US military said two of its drones had attacked and destroyed two vehicles identified as belonging to IS near Sinjar on Friday morning, after receiving reports from Kurdish forces that the militants were attacking civilians in the village of Kawju. Kurdish officials confirmed the attack on Kocho after it was reported by Yazidi activists based in Washington. "They arrived in vehicles and they started their killing this afternoon," senior Kurdish official Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters news agency. The killings took place over the space of an hour, said a Yazidi MP, Mahama Khalil, who reportedly spoke to survivors. A resident of a nearby village said an IS fighter from the same area had given him details of the bloodshed. "He told me that the Islamic State had spent five days trying to persuade villagers to convert to Islam and that a long lecture was delivered about the subject today," said the villager. "He then said the men were gathered and shot dead. The women and girls were probably taken to [the city of] Tal Afar because that is where the foreign fighters are." Hadi Pir, a Yazidi activist and member of the Yazidi Crisis Management Team in the US, also said a deadline to convert had been given to the villagers. The villagers were assembled at Kocho's only school, after which the men were shot, the activists said. Remaining villagers were then put on buses for an unknown destination. TAGS - Iraq crisis: Yazidi villagers 'massacred' by IS Islamic State 'Massacres' 80 Yazidis In North Iraq: Officials The crisis in Iraq - Vox Yazidi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Islamic State militants massacres 80 Yazidis in north Iraq ... US conducts new airstrikes as ISIS kills 90 Yazidis in Iraq ... Iraq conflict: What you need to know - USA Today US conducts new airstrikes as ISIS kills dozens of Yazidis in ... Officials: ISIS hits Yazidi village in Iraq | News - Home Report: US airstrikes near Mosul Dam - CNN.com ISIS strikes Iraq village, kills Yazidis, officials say - CNN.com Officials: ISIS hits Yazidi village in Iraq | News - KEYT Islamic State 'Massacres' 80 Yazidis In North Iraq: Officials Islamic State 'massacres' 80 Yazidis in north Iraq - officials ... Islamic State massacres 80 Yazidis in north Iraq, say officials Driven From Their Homes, Iraq's Yazidis Seek Protection ... Report: US airstrikes hit near Mosul Dam in Iraq | News ... Officials: ISIS hits Yazidi village in Iraq - NBCMontana.com Officials: ISIS hits Yazidi village in Iraq - WPTZ.com What Iraq's Yazidis Believe, and Why They Must Be Saved ... ISIS militants massacre 80 Yazidis, kidnap women in Iraqi ... ISIS militants 'massacre 80 Yazidi men and kidnap 100 ... Yazidi Activist: People are Facing Genocide in Iraq - NBC ... In Nebraska, Yazidi Community Fears for Loved Ones in Iraq Officials: ISIS hits Yazidi village in Iraq - NBCMontana.com Islamic State "massacres" 80 Yazidis in north Iraq - Chicago ... Obama on Iraq: Yazidi Rescue Op No Longer Necessary ... US rescue of Iraq's Yazidis now 'less likely' - Al Jazeera Escaping the jihadists: We meet Iraq's Yazidi refugees - ITV ... Iraq crisis: inside the Yazidi refugee camp - Blogs - Channel 4 Yazidis still reported trapped on mountain in northern Iraq Islamists 'Massacre' 80 Yazidis In Northern Iraq - Sky News Iraq conflict: Islamic State massacres 80 Yazidis; UN passes ... IS Jihadists Kill 80 Yazidis in Northern Iraq - Arutz Sheva Officials: ISIS hits Yazidi village in Iraq | News - KXLY.com In Iraq, trapped Yazidis reach haven through Syria - LA Times Iraq crisis: live - Telegraph
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