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21:36, 18-Jul-2017
Iraqi government investigates reports of prisoner abuse
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Iraqi officials are investigating reports of prisoner abuse in Mosul. Video footage of Iraqi soldiers torturing ISIL militants were originally dismissed as fakes, but authorities say circumstantial evidence has given them new cause for concern.
In recent days several hundred suspected ISIL fighters have surrendered. Being battered and broken, they don’t look like the fighting force that put up such fierce resistance, and they are now at the mercy of Iraq’s security forces.
CGTN’s Tony Cheng reported that Iraqi authorities have been bringing families with affiliation to ISIL members to a detention camp, but they’re about to close it down.
Even after the fighting in the city has stopped, fear and insecurity continues for those on both sides of the divide.