Islamic State said to burn 45 people alive in Iraq
Some victims were members of security forces, according to local police chief
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The Islamic State terror group burned alive some 45 people in Iraq, the BBC reported on Tuesday, citing the police chief of the village where the killings took place.
The mass burning occurred in the town of al-Baghdadi, which was captured by jihadists last week, according to the report.
Col Qasim al-Obeidi said he believed that some of the victims were members of the Iraqi security forces.
The report could not be immediately confirmed.
Obeidi said the jihadists were currently targeting the homes of security officers and local officials, which are clustered in a compound, and implored for help from the international community.
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Last month, the terror group released a video showing the burning alive of captured Jordanian pilot Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh.
Stills from a video shared on social media appeared to show Kasasbeh standing in a cage and being surrounded by flames, before being consumed.
The killing prompted a massive air campaign by the Hashemite Kingdom against Islamic State jihadists.
On Sunday, Libyan jihadists who earlier pledged their loyalty to the Islamic State group beheaded a group of 21 Coptic Christians from Egypt in an online video, sparking air strikes from Cairo.
The UN Security Council will meet on Libya in an emergency session Wednesday, as permanent council members expressed support for a resolution on a response to the country’s crisis.
At a meeting Tuesday between Egypt’s foreign minister and the five permanent council members, “we agreed we would be working together on a draft resolution,” Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters. He did not give details except to say this would be a different approach than the current coalition that is combating IS in Syria and Iraq.
“They want a resolution of support in the Security Council … and we’re there to support it and do the right thing,” Churkin said. The other permanent council members, China, the United States, France and Britain, did not comment, with some saying it was too early.
Churkin said he, like other council members, would meet with Libya’s foreign minister later Tuesday.
AP contributed to this report.
The Times of Israel Community.