Bodies of 78 elderly women who were shot and buried by ISIS found in one of two new mass graves uncovered in Iraq

Kurdish forces have uncovered the bodies of elderly women in one of two mass graves outside Sinjar, a northern Iraqi town near the syrian border that was ruled by ISIS
for more than a year before the extremists were driven out last week.

The first grave - containing the bodies of 78 older women - was uncovered west of the town's centre near the technical institute, said Qasim Samir, Sinjar director of intelligence.

The second grave - containing about 60 bodies of men, women and children - was uncovered 15km west of Sinjar.

More precise information from the second grave is unavailable at the moment, Samir explained, because the surrounding area is thought to be rigged with homemade bombs, preventing investigation teams from reaching it.