A/HRC/28/18 were taken over by ISIL. Among them were 50,000 persons previously displaced from Mosul, mostly Christians, who had fled in mid-June in fear of ISIL threats when they were given the choice to pay a tax, convert or leave. Houses and property of Christians in Mosul have been seized by ISIL. 22. On or around 6 August, ISIL stormed the city of Al-Hamdaniya (also referred to as Qaraqosh). Many witnesses stated that ISIL fighters pillaged and destroyed buildings in the city, including historic Christian cathedrals and churches. Approximately 150 families were unable to flee. Before expelling them, members of ISIL took possession of all their valuables and identity documents. Witnesses also reported that, during the attack, grenades, mortars and rockets landed in areas still occupied by civilians. (c) Attacks against Shia 23. Interviews conducted with victims and witnesses, corroborated by reliable sources, make it reasonable to conclude that attacks were perpetrated against Turkmen, Shabak and other Shia groups. 24. Victims and witnesses from Amerli (Salah ad-Din), Barawjali, Bashir, Jerdghali and Qaranaz in Diyala governorate, as well as Bashiqa, Bazwaya, Gogjali and Omar Kan in Ninewa governorate consistently reported the same pattern of events. ISIL surrounded the village, killed the inhabitants who could not escape, burned and destroyed houses and businesses, destroyed Shia places of worship, and pillaged private and public properties. 25. On 17 June 2014, for instance, ISIL attacked the predominantly Shia Turkmen villages of Barawjali, Jerdghali and Qaranaz, north of Amerli, allegedly burning and destroying houses and property, as well as at least two Shia religious places known as Husseiniyas. Several people were killed defending the village, and at least eight were summarily executed by being shot in the head. Also on 17 June, the Shia Turkmen village of Bashir, Kirkuk, was attacked by ISIL. More than 60 people were killed, including women, children and the elderly. 26. In late June and early July, in the Ba’shika, Bazwaya, Gogjali and Omar Kan villages, Ninewa, ISIL members allegedly summarily executed a number of men and abducted numerous Shabak community members. At the end of February 2015, their whereabouts remained unknown. One woman reported that, on 20 June 2014, her son and brother-in-law disappeared after being stopped at an ISIL checkpoint. Three days later, they were found dead in a cemetery — her son beheaded and her brother-in-law shot several times. 27. ISIL also laid siege to Amerli, Salah ad-Din governorate, starting on 11 or 12 June 2014. Twenty days into the siege, ISIL members cut off the water and electricity supplies to the town. At least 15,000 people allegedly suffered from a lack of power, food, drinking water, medical services and medicine. Residents were forced to drink contaminated water, which caused many to fall ill, especially children and the elderly. A woman and her newborn baby died due to lack of medical services. The city was shelled daily with mortar rounds. One child, four men and a woman allegedly died from the shelling. The siege was broken on 1 September 2014 by ISF and affiliated armed groups. 28. Based on interviews with survivors, the mission received reliable information that, on 10 June 2014, more than 600 inmates of Badush prison, Ninewa governorate, were summarily executed by members of ISIL. Early in the morning, the prison, which housed over 3,000 inmates, was taken over by ISIL. Prisons guards had allegedly fled before the attack. The prisoners were separated into groups according to their ethnic or religious affiliation. Sunnis were freed, while others, mainly Shia, were loaded on trucks, driven to a nearby ravine and shot. Some survivors said they immediately rolled into the ravine and 7