BAGHDAD, Nov 6 (Reuters) ― More than 200 mass graves have been uncovered in Iraq in areas formerly controlled by Islamic State militants, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The United Nations has said previously that almost 33,000 civilians were killed by the group in Iraq, with more than 55,000 injured. But exact numbers were difficult to establish, it said, since only 28 mass graves have been excavated so far, with just 1,258 bodies exhumed. The United Nations said the sites must be protected from interference or contamination to ensure justice and accountability. But the Iraqi government body tasked with preserving mass graves says it is underfunded and understaffed, and cannot adequately protect and investigate the sites which are still littered with unexploded ordinance.

Source: Huffington Post November 06, 2018 11:15 UTC