The Islamic State group has destroyed the ancient Iraqi fortress
city of Hatra, Kurdish and Iraqi officials said Saturday, just two days
after "bulldozing" the ruins of Nimrud and weeks after smashing
artefacts in the Mosul museum.
Speaking from Mosul, Kurdistan Democratic Party official Said Mamuzini told the Kurdish news site Rudaw that militants from the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, had begun looting and destroying the site with shovels.
"The city of Hatra is very big and many artefacts of that era were
protected inside the site,” he said. “ISIS has already taken away all
the ancient currencies from the city that are in gold and silver."
Iraqi officials from the tourism and antiquities ministry confirmed the reports.
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