Mass grave containing 3,500 victims found in Raqqa

Charlie Bayliss reports in Mailonline,

A mass grave filled with the bodies of 3,500 people has been found in the former ISIS stronghold of Raqqa.

First responders found two foot deep graves just outside the Syrian city in the al-Fukheikha agricultural suburb last month, more than a year after US-backed forces captured the city from ISIS.

Experts believe the site, the largest mass grave found in the region, could help identify several thousand people who are believed to have been murdered by ISIS, but whose fate remains unknown.


Shallow graves measuring just two foot were used to dump the bodies in, as a dispatch team now work to identify the victims

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