“The United Nations said on Thursday that Islamic State militants may have committed genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq. Investigators for the UN Human Rights Office reported that the ‘manifest pattern’ of attacks against the Christian minority community, which is concentrated in northern Iraq, points to the intent of the self-described Islamic State ‘to destroy the Yazidi as a group.’”
Source: Islamic State suspected of genocide against Yazidis, says UN – CSMonitor.com