Those who thought the liberation of Mosul from its ISIL captors would bring about and end to the violence in Iraq’s second city may have to think again.<br /><br />While some of Mosul’s inhabitants are celebrating an end to the militant group’s grip on the city, others are fearing for their lives.<br /><br />Video uploaded to social media purport to show the horrific treatment of anyone even suspected of having affiliations with the jihadists who once terrorised the city.<br /><br />#Iranian backed #PMF soldiers recorded brutally attacking #Mosul residents they accuse of being #IS members pic.twitter.com/3bHCu3PU3Q— FRB-I (@FRBIU) July 13, 2017<br /><br />Members of the Iraqi security forces are seen shouting at and beating suspects as they sit handcuffed on the floor.<br /><br />Further footage shows soldiers throwing a suspected ISIL member from a cliff before shooting the body as it lay lifeless on the ground below – a grizzly end, to an already bloody campaign.<br /><br />Iraqi Militia sources parading Old & Weak Men of Mosul as surrendering ISIS Fighters & then cheering on these crimespic.twitter.com/GmmuWnGdNQ— Unchecked Report (@UncheckedReport) July 13, 2017<br /><br />It is exactly as many feared at the start of the campaign to reclaim Mosul: the revenge killing of Sunni muslims at the hands of their Shia liberators.<br /><br />Rights groups have already condemned the slaughter, with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights saying: “Horrific though the crimes of ISIL are, there is no place for vengeance.”<br /><br />Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi, who only days ago announced total victory over ISIL in Mosul, promised a full inquiry into the killings, and said that his government would immediately begin operations to return those who have been displaced by the fighting.<br /><br />1’09” End<br />
