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Islamic State militant 'executes own mother' in Raqqa | Islamic State militant 'executes own mother' in Raqqa |
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An Islamic State militant carried out a public "execution" of his mother because she asked him to leave the group, activists say. | An Islamic State militant carried out a public "execution" of his mother because she asked him to leave the group, activists say. |
Ali Saqr, 21, killed his mother, Lena al-Qasem, 45, outside the post office in Raqqa, Syria, eyewitnesses said. | Ali Saqr, 21, killed his mother, Lena al-Qasem, 45, outside the post office in Raqqa, Syria, eyewitnesses said. |
Raqqa has served as IS' de facto capital since the group captured the city in August 2013. | Raqqa has served as IS' de facto capital since the group captured the city in August 2013. |
IS does not tolerate any dissent and imposes brutal punishments, often carried out in public. | IS does not tolerate any dissent and imposes brutal punishments, often carried out in public. |
The UK-based monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) and the activist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the incident. | The UK-based monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) and the activist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the incident. |
Lena al-Qasem had reportedly told her son that the US-led military alliance fighting IS would "wipe out" the group, and tried to convince him to leave the city with her. | Lena al-Qasem had reportedly told her son that the US-led military alliance fighting IS would "wipe out" the group, and tried to convince him to leave the city with her. |
Her son is then said to have informed the group of her comment, and they ordered her killing. | |
Ali Saqr is reported to have shot her outside the post office where she worked, in front of hundreds of people. | Ali Saqr is reported to have shot her outside the post office where she worked, in front of hundreds of people. |
IS, a jihadist group which follows its own extreme version of Sunni Islam, took over large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014. | IS, a jihadist group which follows its own extreme version of Sunni Islam, took over large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014. |
Since then the group has killed more than 2,000 people for reasons including homosexuality, and for the alleged practice of magic and apostasy, according to the SOHR. | Since then the group has killed more than 2,000 people for reasons including homosexuality, and for the alleged practice of magic and apostasy, according to the SOHR. |