Baghdad ( CNN ) -- Security forces in northern Iraq found a mass grave containing scores of people killed during the height of sectarian violence last decade , police told CNN on Saturday . At least 153 corpses were found . The bodies of the victims had been dumped in a mass grave at an abandoned factory on the outskirts of town. The killings occurred during sectarian strife .
At least 153 corpses were found . The bodies of the victims had been dumped in a mass grave at an abandoned factory on the outskirts of town. The killings occurred during sectarian strife .