Yazidis remember the victims of the massacre in Kocho.

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Read: 1172     10:30     17 Август 2019    

On August 15, 2014, terrorists of the Islamic state ( is) carried out a massacre in the small Yazidi village of Kocho. After capturing the village, the terrorists gave the Yazidis an ultimatum: either they accept Islam, or all will be executed. Residents were given a 10-day period to make a decision. At the end of the term, all the residents were gathered in a local school, where the Yazidis said they refused to accept Islam. The militants took the entire male population of the village to the village square and shot them. As a result, more than 380 men were killed by terrorists and more than 690 women and children were enslaved. During the ultimatum, neither the Iraqi army nor the Kurdish Peshmerga attempted to save the population of Kocho.

Kocho was liberated from the terrorists of ISIS after 3 years, when on may 25, 2017, the armed forces of Iraq in cooperation with the Yazidi and Shiite militia "Hashd al Shaabi" conducted a special operation to liberate the southern regions Shangala from the militants.

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Yazidis remember the victims of the massacre in Kocho.

2019/08/image-1566022273.jpg
Read: 1173     10:30     17 Август 2019    

On August 15, 2014, terrorists of the Islamic state ( is) carried out a massacre in the small Yazidi village of Kocho. After capturing the village, the terrorists gave the Yazidis an ultimatum: either they accept Islam, or all will be executed. Residents were given a 10-day period to make a decision. At the end of the term, all the residents were gathered in a local school, where the Yazidis said they refused to accept Islam. The militants took the entire male population of the village to the village square and shot them. As a result, more than 380 men were killed by terrorists and more than 690 women and children were enslaved. During the ultimatum, neither the Iraqi army nor the Kurdish Peshmerga attempted to save the population of Kocho.

Kocho was liberated from the terrorists of ISIS after 3 years, when on may 25, 2017, the armed forces of Iraq in cooperation with the Yazidi and Shiite militia "Hashd al Shaabi" conducted a special operation to liberate the southern regions Shangala from the militants.

Source Yazidis ☼ Yezidstan





Tags: #yazidis