IS ties 2 boys to pole for eating in Ramazan: monitor

Published June 23, 2015
IS, which controls swathes of territory across Syria and Iraq where it has created a self-proclaimed “caliphate”, advocates an extreme view of the application of Sharia law. —Reuters/File
IS, which controls swathes of territory across Syria and Iraq where it has created a self-proclaimed “caliphate”, advocates an extreme view of the application of Sharia law. —Reuters/File

BEIRUT: The Islamic State group (IS) on Monday made two youths hang from a beam by their wrists after accusing them of eating during daylight hours in Ramazan, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said.

"Residents of the village of Mayadeen in Deir Ezzor province reported that IS suspended from a crossbar two boys aged under 18 near the HQ of the Hissba," the jihadist police, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

"The children have been suspended by ropes from a pole since noon, and they were still there in the late evening," he said. "Apparently, they were caught eating."

A placard was attached to the bodies reading "They broke the fast with no religious justification".

IS, which controls swathes of territory across Syria and Iraq where it has created a self-proclaimed “caliphate”, advocates an extreme view of the application of Sharia law. The jihadists do not hesitate to impose brutal punishments including beheadings, stonings, floggings and crucifixions.

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