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Yellow security tape closes off several buildings where a mass grave containing 29 victims was found in the Mexican neighbourhood of El Mirador in Jalisco state. IMAGES
Bystanders watch as Moroccan authorities and firefighters work to rescue five-year-old boy Rayan, who has been trapped in a deep well for over two days, near Bab Berred in Morocco's rural northern province of Chefchaouen. IMAGES
Al-Humaydat, Jun 13 (EFE/EPA).- The Iraqi authorities announced Sunday that they have dug up the bodies of 123 people believed to be killed by the Islamic State (IS) group from a mass grave site near west of Mosul. Two mass graves with over 500 bodies of victims killed and buried by the IS group were found near the Government Badush prison in Mosul, said the Nineveh's Governor, Najm Al-Jubouri.Badush prison was attacked by IS in June 2014, some 650 Shiite inmates had been killed, the authorities knew of the grave since 2017 when local inhabitants indicated its existence, but wanted to make sure to have the necessary forensic teams to properly identify the victims. Mosul region was under IS control between 2013 and 2017. (Camera: AHMED JALIL).SHOT LIST: IRAQI FORENSIC TEAM INSPECT THE MASS GRAVE SITE IN THE AL-HUMAYDAT VILLAGE, WESTERN MOSUL CITY, 500 KM NORTH OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ.
Authorities in Mexico uncover a new mass grave in a Guerrero trash dump near where 43 students disappeared in September. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Israeli authorities cordon off site of direct rocket impact hit in southern Israel's Ashdod. Israel's army declared on Monday that its forces were in "control of communities" in its southern territory near Gaza, two days after Hamas militants launched a surprise attack there. IMAGES
Rescuers and civilians work at the site where 18 people, including 10 children, are reported missing after a sewage-polluted river, flooded by heavy rains, washed away precarious homes in the Guatemalan capital, according to authorities. IMAGES