The head of the UN team investigating the crimes in Iraq, Chris Ian Reacher, said that extremists of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in a prison in Mosul in June 2014, where at least 1.000 Muslims were systematically killed. prisoners, mostly Shiites.

"Evidence collected from mass graves containing the remains of execution victims at Badush Central Prison and of survivors shows detailed preparations for an attack by senior IS officials on early June 10," he said. Richter told the UN Security Council yesterday.

He noted that "the captives were taken to locations near the prison, divided on the basis of religion and humiliated. "At least a thousand, mostly Shiite prisoners, have been killed."

Reacher added that an analysis of digital, documentary and forensic evidence, including Islamic State documents, had identified a number of members of the extremist group responsible for the crimes.

As a result of the investigation, Reacher stressed that the UN investigation team concluded that IS had committed "crimes against humanity for murder, extermination, torture, enforced disappearances, persecution and other inhumane acts" at Badush Prison, as well as "war crimes for accidental killings, torture, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment". of personal dignity ”.

Source: MIA