Captive Islamic State militant says mass rapes were "normal"

Amaar Hussein, 22, an Islamic State member look out from a prison cell in Sulaimaniya , Iraq February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

SULAIYMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State militant Amar Hussein says he reads the Koran all day in his tiny jail cell to become a better person. He also says he raped more than 200 women from Iraqi minorities, and shows few regrets.

Kurdish intelligence authorities gave Reuters rare access to Hussein and another Islamic State militant who were both captured during an assault on the city of Kirkuk in October that killed 99 civilians and members of the security forces. Sixty-three Islamic State militants died.