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AP Investigation Documents 72 Mass Graves in ISIS Territory

HeadlineAug 31, 2016

A new Associated Press investigation has documented 72 mass graves across ISIS territory in Iraq and Syria. Most of the graves have not yet been excavated. The AP reports the number of victims could be anywhere from 5,000 to 15,000 people. One of the graves is expected to contain the bodies of as many as 600 prisoners killed during a massacre in June 2014. According to satellite imagery, their bodies may be lined up side to side in a grave stretching the length of two football fields.

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