Iraqis mourn near body-bags containing the remains of people believed to have been slain by jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group lying on the ground at the Speicher camp in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, on April 12, 2015. The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group executed hundreds of mostly Shiite recruits last June in what is known as the Speicher massacre, named for the military base near which they were captured. Thirteen grave sites have been found -- 10 in the palace complex and three outside, Haider Majid, an employee of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office working on the Speicher issue, said. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqis mourn near body-bags containing the remains of people believed to have been slain by jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group lying on the ground at the Speicher camp in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, on April 12, 2015. The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group executed hundreds of mostly Shiite recruits last June in what is known as the Speicher massacre, named for the military base near which they were captured. Thirteen grave sites have been found -- 10 in the palace complex and three outside, Haider Majid, an employee of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office working on the Speicher issue, said. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

 

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Al menos 499 cuerpos fueron exhumados de una serie de fosas localizadas en el complejo presidencial de Tikrit, Iraq, dijo un funcionario de la morgue de Baghdad cercano a la operación.

Se cree que los cuerpos son de cadetes militares iraquíes, a quienes ISIS habría ejecutado en la masacre de Speicher en junio de 2014.

Todos los cuerpos se encuentran en la morgue central de Baghdad mientras el equipo forense adelanta las pruebas. Ningún cadaver ha sido entregado a las familias ya que el equipo continúa buscando otras fosas comunes en la ciudad, agregó el oficial.

El pasado 7 de abril las autoridades iraquíes informaron sobre la exhumación de 47 cuerpos localizados en dos de las ocho fosas comunes que fueron encontradas en lo que era el complejo presidencial del fallecido dictador Saddam Hussein ubicado en la ciudad de Tikrit, ubicada a 140 km de la ciudad de Baghdad.

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