That many Muslims around the world abhor such an act, is nullified by the fact that the sharia, Islamic law, mandates it.
Doused in sterilising fluid from a water bottle before having his hand hacked off on a chopping board: ISIS carry out shockingly crude amputation of ‘motorbike thief’
Barbaric: The thief’s hand in hacked off with a meat cleaver while being held down on a chopping board
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- Suspect was apparently convicted after a ‘trial’ at an Islamic State court
- Amputation watched by baying mob of onlookers including young children
- Latest in line of barbaric sentences meted out to alleged petty criminals
Militants fighting for the Islamic State have released horrific images of an alleged thief having his hand hacked off in its latest warped display of justice.
The photographs show two masked ‘surgeons’ unpacking a briefcase containing meat cleavers, bandages and a chopping board in front of a baying crowd of onlookers.
A suspect, reportedly convicted of stealing a motorbike after a ‘trial’ at an Islamic State court, is then frogmarched to a table where his right hand is doused in some form of sterilizing fluid.
His hand is then held down on a chopping board while a militant lops it off with a cleaver.
Warped justice: Two Islamic State ‘surgeons’ unpack a briefcase containing meat cleavers, a chopping board and some form of sterilizing fluid before chopping the hand off a thief accused of stealing a motorbike
The alleged thief’s right hand is doused in sterilizing fluid to help prevent infection after the amputation
Before the sentencing, the images show crowds of onlookers, including young children, surrounding the table while a fighter appears to read out the charges.
It is latest in a string of sickening amputations carried out by ISIS in Iraq and Syria in recent weeks.
The photographs, like previous one, were shared by pro-ISIS social media users, who use the Arabic file sharing website Nasher to exchange images of the terror group’s latest atrocities.
The images are high quality and carry the distinctive yellow branding of the group’s Al-Hayat Media Center, suggesting they may be stills from an as-yet unreleased propaganda video.
