Daesh executes 15 Iraqi police officers

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Daesh executes 15 Iraqi police officers

Baghdad - The 15 officers were killed by rifle fire in a square in Mosul in front of the city hall.

By IANS

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Published: Mon 3 Aug 2015, 9:18 AM

Last updated: Mon 3 Aug 2015, 11:24 AM

Daesh on Sunday executed 15 Iraqi police officers and kidnapped four journalism students accused of collaborating with the foreign press in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

Mohammed Al Bayati, the head of security in the Iraqi province of Nineveh, of which Mosul is the capital, said that the incidents were part of a campaign of arrests and executions being carried out by Daesh against the security services and public officials.

The 15 officers were killed by rifle fire in a square in Mosul in front of the city hall before a crowd of passersby with the aim, Al Bayati said, of "intimidating" local residents.

Later, their bodies were delivered to the city morgue, the official said, adding that Daesh fighters are carrying out mass arrests of election commission employees and members of the security forces, who had declared their fidelity to the Daesh.

Meanwhile, four University of Mosul journalism students were arrested on Sunday morning in different districts around the city and accused of publishing images of the "land of the Caliphate", thus cooperating with the international press, a member of the Iraqi journalists union, Sufian Al Mashhandani, said.

The images of Mosul were allegedly published on the Facebook pages of the arrested students.

After their arrests, the students were transferred to a Daesh prison located in the southeastern part of the city to be questioned about their alleged collaboration with the foreign media.


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