Iraqi authorities have removed the remains of 139 people from a large pit believed to contain victims of the Islamic State (IS) group, an official said on Sunday. The Alo Antar hole – a natural desert feature turned into a mass grave by IS jihadists – is located in Tal Afar, some 70 kilometres (40 miles) west of Mosul in northern Iraq. It is not known how many bodies were dumped in the pit, but search efforts for other victims are ongoing. “We have removed the remains of 139 persons and also human body parts,” said Dia Karim, director of the mass graves department at the Foundation of Martyrs …