This is an entry from: LIVE BLOG: The battle for Mosul
Islamic State said to kill hundreds in Mosul
22 October 2016 23:49 BST
IS rounded up and killed 284 men and boys as Iraqi-led coalition forces closed in on Mosul, the group's last major stronghold in Iraq, an Iraqi intelligence source told CNN.
Those killed on Thursday and Friday were used as human shields against attacks forcing IS out of southern parts of Mosul, the source said.
IS dumped the corpses in a mass grave at the defunct College of Agriculture in northern Mosul, the intelligence source said.
The victims - including children - were all shot, said the source, who asked for anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media. CNN could not independently confirm the killings.