Gruesome pictures show a man's hand being held on a surface in front of a crowd in a city in Syria while a cleaver is positioned on his wrist.The man carrying out the punishment uses a heavy metal bar to strike down on top of the blade and slice off the victim's hand.
The images, the latest to show the depravity of the terror group's regime, were released as it emerged six men had been executed in Mosul, Iraq - for selling cigarettes.
Graphic Video: Daesh Executed 6 men in Syria For Selling cigarettes
ABNA
Activists revealed that the men were arrested for flouting ISIS rules which bar the selling or smoking of cigarettes.
According to ABNA, a media activist in the city said: 'The ISIS-led Islamic Police of Hisba arrested six men in Mosul on charges of selling cigarettes.
'They were then referred to the Sharia Court which ordered their immediate execution on Wednesday on charges of violating the rules imposed by their alleged Caliphate.'
The website reports that the men were taken to a square in central Mosul before being executed by firing squad in public.
The source added: 'Hundreds of people witnessed the brutal execution. The victim’s corpses were then moved to the al-Tib al-Adli hospital in Mosul.'
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