By John Hall for MailOnline
Militants from the Islamic State lined up 30 Sunni men in a town west of Baghdad and shot them dead this morning, an Iraqi official and residents said.
The slayings took place on a main street in al-Bakir district in the town of Hit, which has been the scene of intense fighting by jihadis and local resistance groups in recent weeks.
It is understood the murdered men were mainly local tribal leaders who had allied with the Iraqi government and were helping to organise anti-ISIS operations in the embattled town.
Sickening: ISIS militants lined up 30 Sunni men in a town west of Baghdad and shot them dead this morning
Massacre: Young men use mobile phones to take pictures of the dead bodies inside Hit this afternoon
Grisly: The Islamic State extremists are understoog to have lined the men up and shot them dead with rifles
Tribal fighters take part in an intensive security deployment against Islamic State militants in Haditha, Iraq
Tribal forces loyal to the Iraqi government carry out exercises in preparation for clashes with ISIS
Iraqi tribal forces rehearse anti-Islamic State military exercises near the town of Haditha
An Iraqi tribal fighter uses binoculars to hunt for ISIS militants near Haditha in Iraq
Fightback: Iraq is in its worst crisis since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. troops as Sunni militant groups led by the Islamic State seized a third of the country
Tribal troops loyal to the government take part in military exercises during another day of violence in Iraq
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