ISIS Soldier (Photo : http://drrichswier.com/)
After taking a break from beheading its American and British captives, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has resumed its decapitation. As it is, the video of Jihadi John slashing the throat of the victim is gory enough.
But the notorious executioner has perhaps been assigned to another task as the latest report and accompanying image, released on Friday, showed a young boy in camouflage wielding a knife that he used to saw off the head of his victim, a male Syrian soldier. He first leaned on the man's back, holds the hair of the captive and then severs the head, reports the New York Post.
The latest head-chopping incident happened at Palmyra, an ancient city overtaken in May by the terror group. It is the first video showing decapitation by a child, although in March, images also surfaced of a young boy firing a gun at an Israeli spy. While the decapitation was ongoing, an older militant stood nearby and watch the killing, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
After he beheaded the soldier, the boy took the severed head and placed it on the back of the victim's corpse. The ease with which the boy-soldiers, whom ISIS call "cubs of the Caliphate," turned from toddlers to ruthless killers is the fruit of training camps the ISIS holds. Part of their training was seen in May when 25 boys were ordered to shoot 25 adult captives. Two months earlier, boys-in-training accompanied prisoners on their way to decapitation, with the boys handing the knives used by the executioner.
Two days before the incident, ISIS again executed on Wednesday a journalist, Jala al-Abadi, accused of spying. The by firing squad happened at Mosul after the newsman was sentenced to death by an ISIS court, reports AFP. The execution led Nineveh Media Network head Mohammed al-Bayati to condemn it and asked the UN to support the families of journalists who were murdered.
