zinana iraq four hours first hear gunfire outside home abu riwar bundle wife six children car drive remote village 120 km 75 miles away leave clothe back nothing else say abu riwar member kurdish security force ethnically mix town tuz khurmato seize last month iraqi troop iran-backed shi ite paramilitaries militias find peshmerga slaughter burn home grind instead neighbor capture camera tell tuz khurmato part dispute territory outside kurdish region northern iraq hold kurdish force know peshmerga last month central government recapture lightning advance punish kurds stag independence referendum baghdad call illegal majority tuz khurmato 50,000 kurds around half population ethnically mix city flee iraqi advance kurdish-held villages towns nearby countryside say mayor shalal abdul mayor flee village zinana 120 km east tuz khurmato speak reuters residents plan return home cite report continue attack cope continue like say chief police zinana add government aid group slow respond families take school build house hospital turn streets accord unite nations 180,000 people displace iraqi government offensive dispute territories last month aid agencies say displace kurds though members minorities include tuz khurmato sunni arabs turkmen also flee baghdad offensive tuz khurmato jointly administer kurdish force local police iran-backed popular mobilization force pmf paramilitaries ally town shi ite turkmen population though turkmen kurds work together push islamic state militants 2014 town fragile coalition soon fell apart lead open hostilities run-up kurdish independence referendum tension escalate communities zinana displace kurds tell reuters stories abuse hand shi ite paramilitaries capture tuz one man show video film depict crush body relative family members say victim shoot car drag alive paramilitaries run tank crush death front monsters say abu alan relative film body good man good family video circulate internet apparently incident show tank run body uniform paramilitaries stand paramilitaries deny carry abuse joint patrol pmf government force secure town prevent attack kurds say ali al-hussaini spokesman pmf northern iraq commander large arm group badr organisation job keep tuz safe sects mayor collect stories evidence abuse say seven people kill town capture include man crush tank three civilians say also know three women one man rap reuters could verify accusations 1,000 businesses 2,000 home loot burn demolish mayor say show reuters image house shopfronts kurdish areas blow scorch residents belong cart away men military fatigue picture show paramilitaries sit mayor office feet prop desk kurdish flag dozens people detain say torture like thiaa 20-year-old sunni turkman countryside go tuz khurmato day offensive check sister marry kurd detain speak arabic think kurd thiaa say keep filthy hungry blindfold dark room three kurds beat us cable day long one night fighters put gun thiaa mouth threaten kill burst laugh panic tear say release seven days recover home injuries kurds hold luck say five still miss kurds displace iraq advance fear reprisals return