IS militants burn Armenian Church in Mosul
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Bas News
The
Islamic State (IS) militants have burnt down one of the oldest Armenian
churches in Mosul, northern Iraq.
Saed
Mamuzini, a KDP official from the city, told BasNews, “IS insurgents continue
to torch and destroy public places, people’s homes and shrines.”
“They
systematically destroy homes and shrines on a daily basis,” said Mamuzini.
The
torched church is in the Wahda neighborhood of the city.
“The
church belongs to the Armenian Christians and was regularly used for worship,”
added Mamuzini.
When
insurgents took control of Mosul in June 2014, Armenians and Christians fled to
the provinces of the Kurdistan Region.
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