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IS militants may be selling victims' organs to finance terror operations

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ANI Sydney
Last Updated : Feb 18 2015 | 2:40 PM IST

Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations has said that the Islamic State (IS) militants may be selling their victims' body organs to finance the terror operations.

According to News.com.au, Ambassador Mohamed Alhakim said that bodies with missing body parts like kidneys have been found in shallow mass graves.

He said referring to the UN Security Council that they have the bodies and urged them to examine them.

Alhakim also said that many doctors were executed in Iraqi town of Mosul for refusing to carry out organ harvesting.

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First Published: Feb 18 2015 | 2:32 PM IST

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