Mass grave found in Iraq

(MENAFN) Containing the remains of dozens of civilians and security personnel, apparently executed by jihadists A mass grave has been found in northern Iraq's Kirkuk province, its governor said, on Friday.

Rakan Said al-Juburi said, it was the 14th such discovery in the area.

Being the 14th such discovery, "Local residents and shepherds guided security forces to the mass grave, which appears to contain the remains of more than 75 civilians and security personnel," he said.

The governor said, the victims had been "savagely executed by jihadists who occupied Hawija," one of the last urban centers controlled by the Daesh group, before its ouster last year, by the Iraqi security forces.

The corpses found near Ryadh village, 45 kilometres (28 miles), west of the city of Kirkuk, had been shot in the head, with their hands bound behind their backs, he said.

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