Kinije
Kinije ( English Qiniyeh , Kurmanji Kînîçê ) is a jesidisches village in the north of Iraq . It is located in the Sinjar district , south of the Jebel Sinjar and southeast of the capital of the same name ( Sinjar ) of the district in the Ninawa governorate . The village gained international fame in 2014 through the genocide of the Islamic State against the Yazidis.
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 13 ′ N , 41 ° 58 ′ E | ||
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 Iraq
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| Governorate | Ninawa | ||
| District | Sinjar | ||
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history
On August 3, 2014, between 85 and 90 Yazidis (including twelve-year-old boys) were shot dead by IS terrorists in Kinije. These Yazidis were in a group of at least 300 other Yazidis who wanted to flee to the mountains from the IS terrorists. In the neighboring village of Kodscho , more than 600 Yazidis were barbarically killed on August 15, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Northern Iraq: Amnesty accuses ISIS militias of massive atrocities. In: THE WORLD. DIE WELT, September 2, 2014, accessed on January 21, 2018 .
- ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg, Germany: Islamic State: Amnesty accuses IS of ethnic cleansing - SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved January 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Amnesty: IS carries out systematic cleanups. In: FOCUS Online. FOCUS Online, accessed on January 21, 2018 .
- ↑ IS carries out mass executions: Amnesty sees "systematic cleansing" - n-tv.de. In: n-tv.de. Retrieved January 21, 2018 .
- ↑ London: Amnesty: Mass Murder by IS in Iraq - Debate about weapons. In: swp.de. Südwest Presse Online-Dienst GmbH, September 3, 2014, accessed on January 21, 2018 .
- ^ Frankfurter Rundschau: Iraq: Genocide with a System | Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved January 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Shattering evidence of ethnic cleansing in northern Iraq by IS | Amnesty International. Retrieved January 21, 2018 .
- ↑ The Kocho massacre: a survivor reports | Yezidi Press. Retrieved on January 21, 2018 (German).