The families of Iraqi military members attacked by ISIS in June stormed parliament in Baghdad Tuesday, demanding more information about the fate of their loved ones, a parliamentary official told CNN.
More than 100 family
members clashed with security before entering the building, located in
the International Zone, commonly known as the Green Zone. They
vandalized the interior and became aggressive with people inside, the
official said.
They are refusing to leave until their concerns are addressed.
The families are angry
over the lack of information about the victims of an alleged massacre of
Iraqi forces and cadets near Tikrit, when a military base formerly
known as Camp Speicher was overrun by ISIS in June.
In recent weeks, family
members of the recruits have been protesting outside the International
Zone. Some have met with lawmakers.
They want the bodies of their sons returned to them for burial, and they want the missing to be brought back.
The killings at Camp
Speicher are among the worst atrocities claimed by ISIS in Iraq. The
group, which refers to itself as the "Islamic State," said it killed
1,700 Iraqi forces, but no official figures have been released.
A senior health official told CNN at the time that more than 1,000 families have registered that they had sons at the camp
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