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Iraq Investigates Videos of Troops Killing Mosul Detainees

Human Rights Watch has been quick to condemn the footage, which is still being authenticated.
Source: Iraqi Prime Minister's Media Office / AP

Following the release of videos on social media that appear to show Iraqi troops killing and beating detained ISIS militants in Mosul, the Iraqi government said they were investigating the footage. A spokesman for Iraq’s defense ministry, Mohammed al-Khudhari, the Associated Press on Thursday that troops were given “very clear instructions and guidance” to turn over suspected militants, who await interrogation, followed by a court hearing. Any soldiers who violate

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