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Isis executed scores of children in a year of its caliphate | Isis executed scores of children in a year of its caliphate |
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The full scale of Isis's year of terror has been detailed in a new report that claims the jihadist group has executed more than 3,000 people in the past 12 months - a tally which includes 74 children. | The full scale of Isis's year of terror has been detailed in a new report that claims the jihadist group has executed more than 3,000 people in the past 12 months - a tally which includes 74 children. |
According to a report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights produced to mark the first anniversary of the establishment of the group's "caliphate", Isis has carried out 3,027 execution killings in a year. | According to a report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights produced to mark the first anniversary of the establishment of the group's "caliphate", Isis has carried out 3,027 execution killings in a year. |
Among the thousands of Arab and Kurdish civilians executed by the group in Syria in the last year, 86 were women. | Among the thousands of Arab and Kurdish civilians executed by the group in Syria in the last year, 86 were women. |
But the violent Islamist group appears to demonstrate a particular interest in children, releasing videos of children fighting in cages and undertaking military training. | But the violent Islamist group appears to demonstrate a particular interest in children, releasing videos of children fighting in cages and undertaking military training. |
The report also details moves undertaken by the group to entice children to join, which include setting up offices 'cubs of the caliphate' that recruit children to fight for Isis. | |
Earlier this month the group reportedly crucified two children for not fasting during Ramadan, the Muslim holy month. | Earlier this month the group reportedly crucified two children for not fasting during Ramadan, the Muslim holy month. |
Isis has used various methods of execution, including beheading, stoning and burning individuals alive. | Isis has used various methods of execution, including beheading, stoning and burning individuals alive. |
Many of the charges against those executed are recorded as blasphemy and spying, but others include sorcery, sodomy, practicing as a Shia Muslim. | Many of the charges against those executed are recorded as blasphemy and spying, but others include sorcery, sodomy, practicing as a Shia Muslim. |
The group has also executed people it accuses of drug trafficking. | The group has also executed people it accuses of drug trafficking. |
Isis also executed 143 members of its own fighters, the report says. | |
The report examines killings documented by the monitoring group in the year since Isis announced its 'caliphate' in an area straddling part of Syria and Iraq in June 2014. | The report examines killings documented by the monitoring group in the year since Isis announced its 'caliphate' in an area straddling part of Syria and Iraq in June 2014. |
It comes less than a week after the media arm of Isis released video footage of fighters murdering more than a dozen men by drowning and decapitation in Iraq. | It comes less than a week after the media arm of Isis released video footage of fighters murdering more than a dozen men by drowning and decapitation in Iraq. |
It also comes amid the killings, claimed by the group, that occurred on Friday in which 38 people were killed by a gunman in Tunisia, and 27 people were killed in a bombing in a Shia mosque in Kuwait. | It also comes amid the killings, claimed by the group, that occurred on Friday in which 38 people were killed by a gunman in Tunisia, and 27 people were killed in a bombing in a Shia mosque in Kuwait. |