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ISIS ties foes to ancient Palmyra columns and blows them up
Source: CNN
ISIS ties foes to ancient Palmyra columns and blows them up
By Ed Payne and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN
Updated 0513 GMT (1313 HKT) October 27, 2015
(CNN) - ISIS, which comes up with more and more heinous methods of execution, has ramped up its cruelty: Members of the group tied three people to the pillars in the ancient section of Palmyra and killed them by detonating the pillars, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
The group said it learned of the killings from local sources in the city, which has been under ISIS control since May. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights relies on activists inside Syria to document human rights violations in the country .
Not much else is known about the executions, including the names of the men or what they were accused of.
But ISIS has killed for the slightest of offenses and used brutal ways to do so.
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By Ed Payne and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN
Updated 0513 GMT (1313 HKT) October 27, 2015
(CNN) - ISIS, which comes up with more and more heinous methods of execution, has ramped up its cruelty: Members of the group tied three people to the pillars in the ancient section of Palmyra and killed them by detonating the pillars, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
The group said it learned of the killings from local sources in the city, which has been under ISIS control since May. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights relies on activists inside Syria to document human rights violations in the country .
Not much else is known about the executions, including the names of the men or what they were accused of.
But ISIS has killed for the slightest of offenses and used brutal ways to do so.
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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/26/middleeast/isis-pillar-executions-palmyra-syria/
