The Iraq Press news outlet first reported the incident on Monday, saying that ISIS had executed Abu Usman al-Hassanone of the group’s commanders and Abu Bakr al. “These horrific reports of mistreatment and murder have been met by silence from Baghdad, only further fostering the feeling of impunity among armed forces in Mosul,” HRW researcher Belkis Wille told the Guardian.Īn Iraqi interior ministry spokesman said Thursday that if the video is, in fact, authentic that those behind the killings would be brought to justice. BEIRUT Reports have emerged that ISIS has executed one of its top administrative officials in Iraq’s second city of Mosul for planning a coup against the extremist group. While several media outlets have been unable to verify the video, the Human Rights Watch group said Thursday it was authentic and had been filmed in the Old City, along with several other executions. The video comes amid mounting witness reports of torture and executions in Mosul - committed by Iraqi soldiers - after they managed to re-capture the city from the Islamic State. It appears as if the other militant met the same fate. The soldiers at the top then proceed to fire numerous rounds at the man, striking him several times and presumably killing him. journalist Steven Sotloff by a masked Islamic State fighter, Sept. A group affiliated with ISIL (also known as ISIS) has released a video claiming to show the execution of 11 Christians in northeast Nigeria, one day after Christmas. A still from a a video purportedly showing the execution of U.S. After a brief struggle, he is tossed to the ground below - where the body of a dead jihadist is already waiting. citizen to feature in an Islamic State execution video, but Iraqi and Syrian soldiers have also been butchered, as well as men accused of defecting from ISIS. The footage seemingly shows an ISIS fighter being held in a building and then dragged by soldiers to a cliff with a drop of at least 30ft. “Video allegedly shows ISF executing IS fighters, throwing them, then shooting in Mosul.” “Executing the ISIS way,” the site tweeted. I don’t have any feelings anymore.Iraqi officials are reportedly investigating the disturbing, two-minute clip after it was posted on Twitter Wednesday by the local blog, Mosul Eye. In the 17-minute long video, the soldiers were shot dead by the insurgent with his AK-47. Even if you kill my father in front of me, I wouldn’t cry. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as Daesh (Arabic) has released a video showing a 12-year-old member of ISWAP (Islamic States West Africa Province), the breakaway Boko Haram faction executing two Nigerian soldiers. When I was with them, they beheaded people in front of my eyes. The execution took place in public and it was done with an aim of inciting fear among the citizens, the source added. The boy said of his experience fighting under Islamic terrorists: He had reportedly lost the ability to feel empathy and pain because of the horrors he experienced in his youth. Like the boy in the released video, he was forced into killing for the organization at a very young age. On Monday, The Christian Post shared a heart-wrenching story of a young boy who escaped the child army of Islamist terrorists. Sources indicate that Bako was killed by Nigerian soldiers. ISIS became recognized around the world for carrying out heinous acts of violence, including public executions, rapes, beheadings and crucifixions. Some believe that this video was released as a direct response to the death of the newly appointed head of ISWAP, Malam Bako, who was killed last week. The boy killed the two soldiers by shooting them with an AK-47.Īn Islamic State researcher summarized the sentiments of many with a statement on Twitter after the video was released, saying, “There are no words to describe how awful it is.” ISIS and other Islamic terrorist organizations are notorious for using children, whom they deem as “Cubs of the Caliphate,” as soldiers, and this time a child was the executioner. To add another level of horror, the ISIS soldier performing the execution is a 12-year old boy. IS militants then lit a line of fuel beneath the men. In late August, IS released a video showing another of the groups sick execution methods in which four Iraqi men were chained by their hands and feet and hoisted using a swing set-like mechanism. The terrorist organization’s branch in West Africa, known as the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP), recorded the execution of two Nigerian soldiers in a 17-minute video, titled “Makers of Epic Battles.” The execution of Zidan appears to be IS inaugural run of its new-found style of execution. In a harrowing report from West Africa, ISIS is flaunting another execution, this time of two soldiers from Nigeria.