Body of Yazidi civilian found in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces found the corpse of a civilian who belongs to the Yazidi sect, east of Mosul city, a security source from Ninewa province’s police said on Wednesday. “The dead body was found at a garden in Baasheqa district, east of Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Signs of gunshot wounds were found on the corpse’s head and chest,’ he added. Yazidis are primarily ethnic Kurds. Most of them live near Mosul, with smaller communities in Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Syria, and Turkey. The estimates of their population size vary, partially due to the Yazidi tradition of secrecy about their religious beliefs. Yazidis worship seven angels, in the form of peacocks, who are subordinate to the supreme god who created the universe. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. MH (P)/ SH 1