[h=1]Isis militants slaughter more than 300 Yazidi captives in northern Iraq after thousands were taken captive from villages [/h]
Yazidis, whose ancient religion has elements of Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Islam, suffered grievously after ISIS' rapid offensive last year.
Hundreds were killed and thousands captured, enslaved and raped by the extremists, who consider the members of the religious minority devil worshippers.
Read more: Isis militants slaughter more than 300 Yazidi captives in northern Iraq after thousands were taken captive from villages | Daily Mail Online
- Hundreds of Yazidi prisoners have been killed near Mosul in northern Iraq
- Yazidi Progress Party condemned the 'heinous criminal acts' by extremists
- About 40,000 were captured when Isis attacked Yazidi villages last summer
Yazidis, whose ancient religion has elements of Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Islam, suffered grievously after ISIS' rapid offensive last year.
Hundreds were killed and thousands captured, enslaved and raped by the extremists, who consider the members of the religious minority devil worshippers.
Read more: Isis militants slaughter more than 300 Yazidi captives in northern Iraq after thousands were taken captive from villages | Daily Mail Online