Isis shot 40 civilians dead on Tuesday and hung their bodies from electricity poles.
The horrific execution took place in Mosul, according to the United Nations, where a fierce battle is being fought between Iraqi forces and the terror group.
This latest mass execution was reportedly carried out as a punishment for ‘treason’.
Another man in the centre of the city was shot dead in public as well, after reportedly flouting Isis’s ban on mobile phones.
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The killings were carried out on the orders of self-appointed ‘courts’, leading senior UN officials to demand the restoration of law and order in Mosul as soon as possible.
According to the UN report they were dressed in orange clothes that were marked in red with the words ‘Traitors and agents of the ISF’, referring to the Iraqi Security Forces.
A further 20 civilians were also shot dead on Wednesday evening at the Ghabat military base in northern Mosul, the UN added, because they had supposedly leaked information.
Zeid Raad al-Hussein, the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, is calling for the government to ‘act quickly to restore effective law enforcement in areas retaken from Isis to ensure that captured fighters and their perceived supporters are dealt with according to the law’.
Last month government forces launched an offensive to retake Mosul, which has been occupied by Isis since 2014 and has become known as their de-facto capital in Iraq.
Despite facing severe resistance, the troops appear to be making consolidated gains in the eastern outskirts of the city after entering nine days ago.
It has also been alleged, however, that government forces have committed atrocities.
According to Amnesty International, on Thursday men dressed in federal police tortured and killed six residents of villages south of Mosul, accusing them of being linked to Isis.
However, the federal police have denied any involvement in the crimes.
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