BAGHDAD — Islamic State group extremists lined up and shot dead at least 50 Iraqi tribesmen, women and children Sunday, officials said, the latest mass slaying by militants who have killed some 150 members of the tribe in recent days.
The killings, all committed in public, target the Sunni Al Bu Nimr tribe that the Islamic State group now apparently views as a threat, though previously some Sunnis backed the expansion of the group and other militants into the volatile province in December.
Meanwhile, separate attacks around Baghdad killed at least 19 people, authorities said. Read more…
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Islamic State group kills 50 in Iraq, including children
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