The Barbarity Continues: ISIS Militants Cuts Of A Man's Hand For Stealing

Islamic State militants in Syria have released sickening images of a young man having his hand hacked off after he was accused of stealing. The images, understood to have been taken in the terror group's capital Raqqa, show the terrified young man being dragged out onto a public square in front of a bloodthirsty crowd.

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 jihadis, 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.

The four photographs 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.

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