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Iraq unravels the story of mass grave near Mosul

Three men set up a fence and a ribbon of yellow and black crime scene tape around a site south of Iraq's Mosul, marking a mass grave of jihadists' victims. It is one of dozens of such sites discovered in areas around Iraq that have been recaptured from the Islamic State group, whose rule has […]

AFP reports:

Three men set up a fence and a ribbon of yellow and black crime scene tape around a site south of Iraq's Mosul, marking a mass grave of jihadists' victims.

It is one of dozens of such sites discovered in areas around Iraq that have been recaptured from the Islamic State group, whose rule has been defined by extreme brutality.

Now investigators face the enormous task of piecing together details of what happened to IS's many victims, and determining who they were.