IS Militant Atrocities Mount Against Mosul Civilians

The U.N. human rights office says atrocities against civilians in Mosul by Islamic State militants reportedly are increasing as Iraqi soldiers close in on the embattled northern Iraqi city. The U.N. human rights office says it is receiving disturbing reports of the extra judicial and summary execution of children and women, as well as male civilians in Mosul.  It says it also has received reports of Islamic State militants deliberately using civilians as human shields to prevent them...

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