UN official: ISIS executing civilians as U.S., allies advance on Mosul

By Mariana Barillas

Published October 28, 2016 11:57am ET

UN official: ISIS executing civilians as U.S., allies advance on Mosul — The Islamic State has executed at least 232 people in and around Mosul, a United Nations official said Friday. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) | Marko Drobnjakovic

The Islamic State has executed at least 232 people in and around Mosul, and may plan on using tens of thousands as human shields, a United Nations official told CNN Friday.

“On Wednesday, ISIS executed 42 civilians in Hammam al-Alil, a town south of Mosul. Also on Wednesday, ISIS executed 190 former Iraqi Security Forces for refusing to join them, in the Al Ghazlani base near Mosul,” said Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Ravina Shamdasani.