The Islamic State has created its own police force in Iraq with patrol cars, uniforms and even a jail as they continue to terrorise the country.
The force has been set up in Iraq's north-west Nineveh province and according to a well-known militant Islamist website, their aims are to 'implement the orders of the religious judiciary.'
Pictures seem to show armed members of the newly created force dressed in black clothing with the logo of the 'Islamic Police Nineveh State' printed on the arm.
The 'officers' also appear in freshly painted police cars and one photo showed militiamen on a riverboat.
Another picture appeared to show them standing guard outside a police station, although it is not clear when the police force was set up.
The website also adds that the force would 'maintain order and arrest culprits and the corrupt' and say they would be different from other state police forces, which they have described as 'a tool to suppress dissent.'
Residents in Nineveh told have spoken of how the police's main duty appears to be to detain people they consider opposed to their cause.
They say they have set up checkpoints on roads and conducted house raids.
It follows the militant group issuing an edict to change the school curriculum, scrapping classes in civics, history, fine arts and music.
Another picture appeared to show them standing guard outside a police station, although it is not clear when the police force was set up.
The website also adds that the force would 'maintain order and arrest culprits and the corrupt' and say they would be different from other state police forces, which they have described as 'a tool to suppress dissent.'
Residents in Nineveh told have spoken of how the police's main duty appears to be to detain people they consider opposed to their cause.
They say they have set up checkpoints on roads and conducted house raids.
It follows the militant group issuing an edict to change the school curriculum, scrapping classes in civics, history, fine arts and music.
ISIS took the Iraqi cities of Mosul, in Nineveh, and Tikrit in June and has announced an Islamic Caliphate in areas it controls in Iraq and Syria.
The news of the police force comes as France launched four airstrikes on northern Iraq killing dozen of ISIS fighters.
At the same time car bombs, some of them claimed by Islamic State, in the majority Kurdish city of Kirkuk in the north killed eight people, security sources said.
French President Francois Hollande said fighter jets 'entirely destroyed' the complex in what were France's first airstrikes in Iraq after he agreed to bolster Baghdad's offensive against the insurgency.
An Iraq military spokesman said four French airstrikes hit the town of Zumar, killing dozens of extremist fighters.
The news of the police force comes as France launched four airstrikes on northern Iraq killing dozen of ISIS fighters.
At the same time car bombs, some of them claimed by Islamic State, in the majority Kurdish city of Kirkuk in the north killed eight people, security sources said.
French President Francois Hollande said fighter jets 'entirely destroyed' the complex in what were France's first airstrikes in Iraq after he agreed to bolster Baghdad's offensive against the insurgency.
An Iraq military spokesman said four French airstrikes hit the town of Zumar, killing dozens of extremist fighters.
