The Islamic State (ISIS)
militant group has killed or maimed some 700 children in Iraq
since the beginning of the year, the United Nations
secretary-general's special representative for children and
armed conflict told the UN Security Council Monday
Some of the killings, said Leila Zerrougui, were "summary
executions".
Zerrougui said she was "appalled" at the killing of
civilians, including children, by ISIS, which now controls a
large swath of Iraq and Syria.
She said the extremists have ordered boys as young as 13
years old to carry weapons, guard strategic locations or arrest
civilians, and have used other children as suicide bombers.
Zerrougui said her office has also received report of
militias allied to the Iraqi government using children in the
fight against ISIS.
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