Acts of reprisal rise against ISIS families in Mosul
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Nineveh (IraqiNews) An official source informed, on Wednesday, that dozens of reprisal acts took place against the families of the members of the Islamic State group in Mosul.
The source said in a press statement that the incidents against the ISIS families rose recently. A few days ago, the mother and sister of one of the Islamic State members were killed by one of the radical group’s victims, he added.
The accused person broke in the victims’ house and killed them immediately, the source further explained. He was arrested later.
The source also pointed out that a person killed the mother of one of the ISIS members, after her sons executed his father, who was an Iraqi army officer, near their house in the area of al-Nour, east of Mosul. The perpetrators were also arrested.
Furthermore, one person was arrested after killing the sister of one of the ISIS members, in revenge for the killing of his wife and children by the group members, he added.
It is noteworthy that Mosul District Council issued instructions to transfer the families of the Islamic State group to camps, fearing of the rise of reprisals against them by the affected citizens, as well as rehabilitating them psychologically and intellectually after confirming their response to rehabilitation.