GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The Islamic State shot and killed 40 civilians in Mosul, Iraq, and hung the dead bodies on power poles, the United Nations said Friday.
In a statement outlining human rights abuses committed by the militant group also identified as Daesh, ISIS and ISIL in Iraq, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein reported killings of civilians based upon decisions by self-appointed IS courts.