The Iraqi authorities said they discovered 19 mass graves containing the bodies of 365 fighters of the organization Islamic State Baitzi the city, north of Baghdad.
An army officer confirmed the discovery of a large number of jihadists corpses in mass graves without being able to give an exact figure.
"The People's Mobilization Units discovered in Ashrita district a total of 19 mass graves containing 365 corpses terrorists Dae," said the statement of the Iraqi security services, who used an acronym IK in Arabic.
It is not clear how the bodies were identified or when buried.
The People's Mobilization Units, militias dominated by Shiites, supported by Iran, acting alongside the Iraqi armed in business for the recapture of Baitzi and surroundings.
The strategic area of the city Baitzi and nearby refinery is fierce battles theater in the last 16 months.
The key areas of the region have changed hands several times after the Islamic State unleashed his attack and occupied large part of Iraq in June 2014, but large-scale clean-up operation began Iraqi forces 10 days ago seems to have had success
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