Man has handd hacked off by jihadists after being accused of stealing

From:	Victor Okpanachi

From the images, the blindfolded victim is forced to sit in a chair in the centre of the square, where he is held in place by one of the jihadists, while two others use a large meat cleaver to brutally sever his hand from his arm

Several sickening images of a young man's hand being hacked off after he was accused of stealing has been released by militants fighting for the Islamic State in Syria.







Daily Mail reports that the images may have been taken in the terror group's de facto capital Raqqa, and it shows the terrified young man being dragged out onto a public square in front of a bloodthirsty crowd.

From the images, the blindfolded victim is forced to sit in a chair in the centre of the square, where he is held in place by one of the jihadists, while two others use a large meat cleaver to brutally sever his hand from his arm.

The horrific images were shared on the Twitter page of the local activist group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, who work undercover in the city to expose the atrocities committed by ISIS.

It was gathered that the four photographs which are high quality shots and carry the distinctive yellow branding of ISIS' Al-Hayat Media Center, suggesting they may be stills from an as-yet unreleased propaganda video.

The first image shows the blindfold and baseball cap-wearing victim being led from a vehicle by three heavily armed Islamic State terrorists, one of whom appears to be no older than 16.

Another shot captures a bearded cleric appearing to read charges against the man - using a microphone and PA system to tell the crowd of sadistic onlookers that the man is accused of stealing.

The victim is then seen pinned in a chair by a separate group of men, one of whom uses a chord to pull his arm taut while two others place a heavy meat cleaver on the top of his wrist, ready to strike.

A final image shows the victim lying on his back in agony on a metal gurney while a man who appears to be a surgeon tends to the injury on his left hand.