BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- At least 6,000 Christians have fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in the past week because of killings and death threats, Iraq's Ministry of Immigration and Displaced Persons said Thursday. A Christian family that fled Mosul found refuge in the Al-Sayida monastery about 30 miles north of the city. The number represents 1,424 families, at least 70 more families than were reported to be displaced on Wednesday. The ministry said it had set up an operation room to follow up sending urgent aid to the displaced Christian families as a result of attacks by what it called "terrorist groups."
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More than 1,400 Christian families displaced
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Families reportedly frightened by killings and threats by Muslim extremists
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Extremists ordering them to convert to Islam, officials say
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Fourteen Christians have been slain in the past two weeks in Mosul
In response to the recent attacks on @placeholder, authorities have ordered more checkpoints in several of the city's Christian neighborhoods.
A curfew was declared Wednesday in several neighborhoods of eastern @placeholder as authorities searched for militants behind the attacks.