{UAH} IS drowns, decapitates ‘spies’ in brutal new video

IS drowns, decapitates 'spies' in brutal new video

Jihadists film themselves killing several men accused of espionage in grotesque, sickening ways

BY AFP June 23, 2015, 5:40 pm 43

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Islamic State jihadists lower five men into a pool to drown, in a video released June 23, 2015. (Screen capture)

An Islamic State group video released Tuesday showed the jihadists murdering 16 men by drowning them in a cage, decapitating them with explosives and firing a rocket-propelled grenade into a car they were riding in.

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The video, apparently shot in Iraq's Nineveh province, was one of the most brutal in a series released by the jihadists showing the killings of opponents in areas under IS control.

IS has executed hundreds of people by gunfire, dozens by beheading, stoned some to death, thrown others from buildings and burned a captured Jordanian pilot alive — and released videos to the world showing the acts.

Videos of the killings are a key propaganda tool of the jihadists, used to shock and terrify their enemies as well as to draw in new recruits seeking the most brutal and active militant group.

The men killed in the latest video are said to be "spies," with some of them making recorded "confessions."

First, the militants lead four men to a car and close the doors, after which one fires a rocket-propelled grenade under the vehicle, setting it alight.

Islamic State jihadists kill four men by firing a rocket-propelled grenade at the car they are riding in, as seen in a video released June 23, 2015. (Screen capture)

A militant is later shown locking five men inside a metal cage, which is then lifted by a crane and submerged in what appears to be a dirty swimming pool.

Two cameras affixed to the outside of the cage show the men's deaths in the murky water.

The last killings show a militant looping blue detonating cord around the necks of seven kneeling men, after which the explosives are set off and some of the men are decapitated.

Islamic State jihadists kill seven men by blowing up detonator cord tied around their necks, in a video released June 23, 2015. (Screen capture)

IS spearheaded an offensive last June that overran large areas north and west of Baghdad, and also holds significant territory in neighboring Syria.

Its military gains and atrocities drew a US-led coalition of countries to launch an air campaign against it last year, as well as to provide training and arms to Iraqi forces.

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