Islamic State militants execute 85 Albu Nimr tribe members

Islamic State militants executed a further 85 members of the Albu Nimr tribe in Iraq on Saturday, reports Reuters.

The tribal chief said that 50 members of the tribe had been killed with a further 35 bodies found in a mass grave.

Sheikh Naeem al-Ga’oud said that requests to the Iraqi central government for arms to had been repeatedly ignored.

The Albu Nimr tribe fought back for several weeks against Islamic State militant advances on their village in Anbar.

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