Islamic State kills 85 more members of Iraqi tribe

[November 01, 2014]  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have killed 85 more members of the Albu Nimr tribe in Iraq, in a killing campaign launched last week in retaliation for resistance against the group's territorial advances, a tribal leader and security official said on Saturday.

Sheikh Naeem al-Ga'oud, one of the tribe's leaders, told Reuters that Islamic State killed 50 displaced members of Albu Nimr on Friday. In a separate incident, a security official said 35 bodies were found in a mass grave.

(Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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