A sinkhole – once a local curiosity in Iraq – has reportedly been turned into a mass grave for up to 4,000 victims of Islamic State killers.
(FOX)- Local residents living near the Khasfah – the Arabic word for a sinkhole – have described how ISIS transformed the area into a “place of death” after capturing it in 2014.
Villagers say the sinkhole, outside Mosul, was used as an execution site and a mass grave where bodies were dumped.
Mohamed Yassin, 56, who lives in nearby Hammam al Alil, said: “They would bring them blindfolded, their hands tied behind their backs.
“The Khasfah would be in front of them, they would make them kneel down, shoot them in the head and push them in.
Yassin said he saw executions take place there on at least six occasions, and most of those killed were police officers, soldiers or government workers.
“They would line them up, 10 by 10, 15 by 15,” one Iraqi said.