Residents of Kosho of northern Iraq have been continually threatened and have been surrounded by jihadists. More than 200 bearded militants had besieged the village.
The leader of the Jihadist group , a local man from Mosul rather than the foreigners who make up more than a third of the ranks of the group now known as Islamic State – offered them a chance to save their lives.
One of the residents said
‘He told us that either we become Muslims or they would kill us all,’ said Falah, mayor of the village made up mainly of members of the ancient Yazidi sect. ‘We offered money but they would not accept it.’
The deadline the people of Kosho have to meet is midday today. Since the residents refuse to betray their faith, it is feared an entire village of about 2,500 innocent people might be slaughtered in cold blood.
Pictured above, a man is crucified in northern Syria by Islamic State militants.
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