Islamic State beheads female civilians for first time in Syria
The hardline Islamic State group has beheaded two women in Syria, the first time it has decapitated female civilians, the founder of ...
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The hardline Islamic State group has beheaded two women in Syria, the
first time it has decapitated female civilians, the founder of a group
monitoring the war said on Tuesday.
The beheadings took place in the eastern Deir al-Zor province this week
said Rami Abdulrahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,
which tracks the conflict using sources on the ground.
One of the women was beheaded along with her husband in Deir al-Zor
city. In al-Mayadeen city to the south east, the group beheaded another
woman and her husband. All of them were accused of sorcery, the monitor
said.
Islamic State has beheaded local and foreign men in Syria, including
enemy combatants, aid workers and journalists as well as people it has
deemed as violating its hardline interpretation of Islamic law.
Several of the group’s female captives have been stoned to death
previously after being accused of adultery and other offences. This is
the first time it was reported to have beheaded female civilians.
Islamic State also “crucified” five men in al-Mayadeen for eating during
daylight hours of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the Observatory
said.
They were hung up by their limbs on the city wall and children were encouraged to mock them as they suffered, it added.
Activists say Islamic State uses such public punishments in areas where
it is present to control the local population through coercion and fear.
Source: New Telegraph