5 mass graves uncovered in Sinjar to be opened

5 mass graves uncovered in Sinjar to be opened 

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Tuesday, 06 January 2015 12:17 hawarnews

SINJAR - Five mass graves in and around the town of Sinune in Sinjar will be opened and documented under the supervision of officials.Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Spoeksman for Mosul, Xiyas Surçî, said in a statement that the mass graves uncovered following the operations of guerrilla, peshmerga and YBŞ forces will officially be opened.Xiyas Surçî said that: “Five more mass graves have been located in the areas, mainly around Sinune, that have been liberated following the assault launched by peshmerga forces, HPG guerrillas, YPG fighters and Sinjar Resistance Units against the ISIS gangs in and around Sinjar. These graves contain people from the Yazidi community who were killed in the attacks by the ISIS. They will be opened and scientifically documented under the supervision of the Regional Government, the central government of Iraq and international institutions.”The PUK spokesman remarked that hundreds of Yazidi women, children and elders who were brutally massacred by the ISIS were buried in these mass graves. He added that a detailed work was needed in order for the determination of the identities of the people buried there.