Isil takes 550 Mosul families 'to use as human shields' as it launches bomb and gunfire attacks in Iraqi oil city

Our Foreign Staff
21 OCTOBER 2016
• 11:46AM
Isil jihadists have taken 550 families from villages around Mosul and are holding them close to Islamic State locations in the Iraqi city, probably as human shields, a spokeswoman for the UN human rights office said on Friday.
UN spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani, citing "corroborated information" from the area, said the office was also investigating reports that Isil fighters had killed 40 civilians in one village.
It came as Isil jihadists armed with assault rifles and explosives attacked targets in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk early on Friday in an assault likely aimed at diverting authorities' attention for the battle to retake Mosul. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/21/isil-launches-bomb-and-gunfire-attacks-in-iraqi-oil-city-to-dive/