ISIL fighters have reportedly shot and killed scores of
civilians in Mosul in recent days, the United
Nations has said, as it
confirmed the discovery of a mass grave in the nearby town of Hammam al-Alil in which more than 100 bodies were found.
In a brief published on Friday detailing a series of ISIL executions and abuses, the UN's human rights office said that 40 people were executed by the armed group on Tuesday for "treason and
collaboration" with Iraqi forces and their allies closing in on the city during a major military push.
The victims were dressed in orange jumpsuits, and after being shot their bodies were hung from electrical poles in several areas around Mosul, the UN said.
On Wednesday evening, ISIL reportedly shot to death a further 20 civilians in the Ghabat military base in northern Mosul, also on charges of leaking information.
"Their bodies were also hung at various intersections in Mosul, with notes stating: 'Decision of execution' and 'used cell phones to leak information to the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)'," the UN said.
The rights office also said the mass grave in Hammam al-Alil, south of Mosul, was just one of several ISIL killing grounds.
The site was discovered on Monday and contained the bodies of at least 100 people, including former ISF officers and ISIL detainees, as well as people killed for initiating anti-ISIL attacks since the beginning of the Mosul operation four weeks ago.
"I've been in Erbil since the beginning of this military operation to retake the city of Mosul and we have documented hundreds of executions by ISIL," Be
The human rights body said they had received reports of ISIL stockpiling large amounts of chemicals in civilian areas in order to be used as weapons.
At least four people died from inhaling fumes after ISIL shelled and set fire to the al-Mishrag sulfur gas factory in Mosul on October 23.
lkis Wille, a spokeswoman for Human Rights Watch (HRW), told Al Jazeera from Erbil.
"We are not surprised, unfortunately, to see mass graves like this one [in Hammam al-Alil]; it definitely is not the only one."
In a brief published on Friday detailing a series of ISIL executions and abuses, the UN's human rights office said that 40 people were executed by the armed group on Tuesday for "treason and
collaboration" with Iraqi forces and their allies closing in on the city during a major military push.
The victims were dressed in orange jumpsuits, and after being shot their bodies were hung from electrical poles in several areas around Mosul, the UN said.
On Wednesday evening, ISIL reportedly shot to death a further 20 civilians in the Ghabat military base in northern Mosul, also on charges of leaking information.
"Their bodies were also hung at various intersections in Mosul, with notes stating: 'Decision of execution' and 'used cell phones to leak information to the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)'," the UN said.
The rights office also said the mass grave in Hammam al-Alil, south of Mosul, was just one of several ISIL killing grounds.
The site was discovered on Monday and contained the bodies of at least 100 people, including former ISF officers and ISIL detainees, as well as people killed for initiating anti-ISIL attacks since the beginning of the Mosul operation four weeks ago.
"I've been in Erbil since the beginning of this military operation to retake the city of Mosul and we have documented hundreds of executions by ISIL," Be
The human rights body said they had received reports of ISIL stockpiling large amounts of chemicals in civilian areas in order to be used as weapons.
At least four people died from inhaling fumes after ISIL shelled and set fire to the al-Mishrag sulfur gas factory in Mosul on October 23.
lkis Wille, a spokeswoman for Human Rights Watch (HRW), told Al Jazeera from Erbil.
"We are not surprised, unfortunately, to see mass graves like this one [in Hammam al-Alil]; it definitely is not the only one."
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