Mass killings by Islamic State militants have seen 322 members of an Iraqi Sunni tribe killed in western Anbar province, Iraq’s government says.
The country’s ministry of human rights said more than 50 bodies were found in a water well, whilst 65 members of the Al-Bu Nimr tribe have been kidnapped.
The group’s latest attack came on Sunday morning when militants shot and killed at least 50 of the tribe.
IS militants — also Sunnis — control large areas of Iraq and Syria.
The ministry said IS is holding the 65 hostages as prisoners of war. The jihadist group also stole livestock from the tribe, it said.
A senior leader of the tribe, Sheikh Naeem Al Gaoud told the BBC: “The government abandoned us and gave us to Isis on a platter.
“We asked them many times for weapons but they gave us only promises.”
The BBC’s Orla Guerin, in Baghdad, says mass killings of the tribe have become an almost daily occurrence, BBC informs.
