According to Iraq's human rights minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant militants have buried hundreds of Yazidis in mass graves, as well as some women and children who were still alive. He also said about 300 Yazidi women had been forced into slavery.
"We have striking evidence obtained from Yazidis fleeing Sinjar and some who escaped death, and also crime scene images that show indisputably that the gangs of the ISIL have executed at least 500 Yazidis after seizing Sinjar," Sudani told Reuters.
"Some of the victims, including women and children were buried alive in scattered mass graves in and around Sinjar."