ISIS jihadis 'turned sinkhole off the Baghdad-Mosul highway into a mass grave for 4,000 bodies'
Four hundred meters deep and containing up to 4,000 bodies, this sinkhole is thought to be the biggest mass grave in Iraq.
The Khasfa sinkhole has swallowed the mutilated bodies of ISIS' enemies since the jihadis captured Mosul in 2014.
It is now so infamous that locals tremble when they speak of the atrocities committed there.
The Khasfa sinkhole has swallowed the mutilated bodies of ISIS' enemies since the jihadis captured Mosul in 2014
'Daesh would drive the victims to Khasfa in convoys of minibuses, trucks and pick ups,' a villager told The Telegraph.
'The men had their hands bound and their eyes blindfolded. They were taken to the sinkhole and shot in the back of the head.'
The local said he saw coachloads of blindfolded Yazidi men being pushed in alive and up to 2,000 policemen and soldiers shot there in one day
Human Rights Watch say:'Khasfa is definitely one of the biggest, if not the biggest, mass grave by Isil in Iraq.'
They estimate the hole was once 400 metrers deep before it was filled with around 4,000 bodies.
It is thought jihadis pushed in shipping containers and moved dirt over the hole with bulldozers to try to cover their crimes.
Rapid Response forces members cross farm land during a battle with Islamic State's militants south west of Mosul, Iraq
Iraqi police last year unearthed two mass graves in the western city of Ramadi, with bodies of about 40 people killed by ISIS during the militant Sunni group's reign of terror in the city
Iraqi security forces advance forward positions after they retook the Mosul International Airport during an operation carried out to retake western part of Mosul from Daesh in Mosul
The sinkhole off the Mosul-Bagdad highway is talked about throughout Iraq, striking fear into the hearts of those who dare to oppose ISIS.
As Iraqi ground troops pushed into western Mosul on Friday, the country's air force struck Islamic State group targets inside Syria for the first time in response to recent bombings in Baghdad claimed by the militants.
Meanwhile, at least 60 people were killed in IS attacks near a key northern Syrian town captured only a day earlier from the extremists by Turkish forces and their Syrian opposition allies.
Members of the rapid response forces help their injured comrade during a battle with Islamic State militants in west Mosul, Iraq
Members of the rapid response forces help their injured comrade during a battle with Islamic State militants in west Mosul
Iraqi security forces participate in a battle with Islamic State militants in west Mosul
Iraqi special forces arrest a fighter with Islamic State militia in Mosul. An Iraqi commander says special forces troops are progressing
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the Iraqi airstrikes in Syria in a statement, saying the border towns of Boukamal and Husseibah were targeted in response to recent bombings in Baghdad linked to Islamic State group operations there.
Iraqi forces closely supported by the U.S.-led international coalition pushed into the first neighborhood of western Mosul and took full control of the city's international airport and a sprawling military base on the southwestern edge of the city, according to Iraqi officials.
The territorial gains were the most significant yet in the battle, now in its sixth day, to rout IS militants from the western half of Iraq's second-largest city.
A displaced Iraqi child whose family flee their home as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State
Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants
Iraqi security forces advance forward positions after they retook the Mosul International Airport
Iraqi army rocket launcher is launching a rocket to Mosul.Battle for Mosul, Iraq
Iraqi security forces help their injured comrade during a battle with Islamic State militants in west Mosul
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4258922/ISIS-jihadis-turned-sinkhole-mass-grave.html
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