Islamic
State group militants have lined up and executed at least another 85
tribesmen in Iraq's Anbar province after accusing the tribe of
retaliating against them.
Mass
killings have become a near daily occurrence across the swathes of
Syria and Iraq controlled by ISIS as it seeks to impose a brutal form of
sharia law across the region.
The
shooting, confirmed by Iraqi officials, occurred late Friday in the
village of Ras al-Maa, north of the provincial captial Ramadi.
Militants from the Islamic State (pictured) have intensified attacks in Anbar province recently
ISIS
had accused the Al Bu Nimr tribe of retaliating against them after
being displaced from their homes when the militants seized the town of
Hit last month.
It comes
just days after the bodies of another 220 Al Bu Nimr tribesmen were
found in two separate graves, bringing the total number of people from
the tribe executed around 300.
Faleh
al-Issawi, a councillor of the Anbar region, said: 'These killings are
taking place almost on a daily basis now in the areas under the control
of the Islamic State group and they will continue unless this terrorist
group is stopped.'
The
Islamic State group has overrun a large part of Anbar province in its
push to expand its territory, which currently stands at about one-third
of both Iraq and Syria.
Officials
with the Iraqi government, as well as officials with the U.S.-led
coalition targeting the extremists, repeatedly have said that Iraqi
tribes are key in the fight against the Islamic State group since they
are able to penetrate areas inaccessible to airstrikes and ground
forces.
Pictured are the bodies of 30 men from the Anbar province, west of Baghdad, who were executed on Thursday
Massacre: Young men use mobile phones to take pictures of the dead bodies inside Hit
The Anbar faction of ISIS is led by
Abu Waheeb (centre) whose notoriety stems from the filmed murder of
a group of Syrian lorry drivers in Iraq last summer. His band of
militants are known as the 'Al Anbar Lions'
More
than 150 members of the Sunni Albu Nimr tribe were found in a mass
grave near Ramadi in Anbar province on Thursday, while the corpses of
another 48 members were discovered near Hit.
In
a further frightening development ISIS militants massacred 30 men in
broad daylight in the centre of Hit, which is also in Anbar, parading
them through the streets and using loudspeakers to declare them
apostates.
The
murdered men were thought to be local tribesmen who had allied with the
Iraqi government and were helping to organise anti-ISIS operations
throughout the province.
Meanwhile,
the United Nations mission in Baghdad said that at least 1,273 Iraqis
were killed in violence in October a slight increase compared to last
month amid the Islamic State group's assault.
However, the figures do not take into account casualties in Anbar province or some other militant-held parts of Iraq.
The
UN report said violence killed 856 civilians and 417 members of Iraq's
security forces, while attacks wounded 2,010 Iraqis. The worst-hit city
was Baghdad, with 379 civilians killed.
The UN has said September's death toll was 1,119 Iraqis killed.
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