New mass graves were found on Wednesday in Irbil in northern Iraq that includes the remains of victims of the defunct Iraqi regime. An Iraqi Police source told reporters that workers of a Turkish construction company digging drinking water canals found the mass graves nearby a main road in Irbil. The source added that only the remains of three people were dug out, noting that the mass graves are likely to include more remains, which will be sent for lab work to identify the victims and the day they were killed.
The location of the mass graves is close to the emergency security headquarters of the defunct Iraqi regime, while similar mass graves were found months ago in Irbil. Until today, 265 mass graves were discovered in Iraq, most of which were found in southern areas like Amarah, Diwaniyah, Basra, Karbala, and Samawa, while 50 of the mass graves were of Kurdish victims. |