LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The Yazidi community in Lincoln came together Sunday to remember a devastating attack on their people.

Hundreds gathered at the Diamond Palace Ballroom to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the genocide committed by the Islamic State group against the Yazidis in Iraq and Syria.

“It is really important to come together as a community,” Hasan Kahlil said. “To have a voice, to never forget, to keep advocating for our people.”

The U.S., alongside several other governments and international organizations, has recognized the crimes committed against the Yazidis as a genocide, carried out with the intent to annihilate them.

On Aug. 3, 2014, the Islamic State launched a brutal campaign that included mass killings, sexual enslavement, forced recruitment of children, abdu

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