ISIS jihadis film a CHILD carrying out a beheading for the first time

Home Top

Pictured: Purple Heart recipient who served two tours in Iraq is identified as one of the four Marines shot dead in Chattanooga terror attack by gunman Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez
'I told them I loved them and that it would be OK': Teen who survived a plane crash tells how she braved blaze as she desperately tried to free her screaming grandparents from the wreckage
George Bush is 'already out of bed' after breaking bone in his neck but his doctor reveals it will take four months to heal
From DUI arrest with white powder around his nose to devout Islamic blogging: The extremes of Marine killer Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez's life
'I will never forget the silhouette of the gun': Survivors of the Dark Knight massacre call for the death penalty as James Holmes is found guilty on ALL 165 charges
Obama snubs the Waldorf Astoria for his NYC visit amid fears the hotel is bugged by the Chinese, breaking a presidential tradition started when Hoover was in the White House
Furious road rage driver meets his match when victim fights back and pins him to the ground with ease before calling the police
US inspectors will be banned from all Iranian nuclear sites under controversial deal amid warnings 'only American experts can tell if they are cheating'
Are YOU a narcissist? Take this test to discover if you have an out-sized ego that needs to be tamed
ISIS film a CHILD carrying out a beheading for the first time: 'Cub of the Caliphate' is the first seen executing a prisoner by decapitation as the terror group increasingly use boys to kill
'There but for the grace of God': Obama visits federal prison in Oklahoma and says nonviolent drug criminals 'made mistakes that aren't that different from the mistakes I made'
Hillary Clinton proposes businesses that share profits with their employees receive 15% tax credits
Former Marine who strangled his stepfather with 'atomic wedgie' for insulting his mother is jailed for 30 years
Eye shadow on the scalp, toothbrush to tease and conditioner BEFORE shampoo: Easy hair hacks every woman should know
How far will your dollars stretch? Real value of $100 in each state is revealed and the difference could be as much as $30
Missing cobra believed to have killed teen pet shop worker is found dead
Man is arrested on suspicion of stealing $30 in a heist at a LEMONADE STAND after teenage girls gave him a free drink because he had no money
$Members of the National Socialist Movement and the Adirondack Fraternity White Knights, a group that claims affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan, take part in a cross and swastika lighting ceremony at a private residence in Hunt County, Texas, November 9, 2014. The Ku Klux Klan, which had about 6 million members in the 1920s, now has some 2,000 to 3,000 members nationally in about 72 chapters, or klaverns, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that monitors extremist groups. REUTERS/Johnny Milano\nPICTURE 30 OF 34 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "INSIDE THE KU KLUX KLAN"\nSEARCH "MILANO KKK" FOR ALL PICTURES$ Inside the KKK: Chilling images reveal how white supremacists are still carrying out cross burnings and 'sacred rituals' hidden from society across the U.S.
Some people really ARE born with a sweet tooth: Genes mean some of us DO need more sugar to get the same hit
The woman trapped in a real life Groundhog Day: Mother repeatedly relives the same day after fainting and hitting her head on a pole
Johnny Depp criticized for letting 16-year-old daughter pose seductively in Chanel's 'baby doll' video shot by Karl Lagerfeld, 81, who called her 'ravishing'
It's war against The Donald as Rick Perry says Trump is spewing 'a toxic mix of demagoguery and nonsense' on border security -- but the billionaire is still leading in national polls
EXCLUSIVE: More ammo for Trump: How housing an illegal immigrant for a night in the United States' biggest detention center costs more than a stay at the nearest four-star Hilton Hotel
Prison Break drug lord El Chapo had an 18-MINUTE headstart before anyone realized he had escaped into mile long tunnel

Depraved jihadis forced a boy no older than 10-years-old to commit murder
Child is seen executing a Syrian army officer near the city of Palmyra
Approaches the victim from behind and uses a small knife to behead him
It is the first time ISIS has used a child to carry out a brutal beheading
However the terror group is increasingly using boys in its filmed murders
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT

Published: 03:56 EST, 17 July 2015 | Updated: 07:55 EST, 17 July 2015

839

View
comments

Depraved jihadis fighting for the Islamic State have forced a young child to savagely behead a Syrian regime army officer in the first execution of its kind.

The sickening murder is understood to have taken at the Western Hir Palace in the province of Homs after the soldier was captured by jihadis at the nearby Al-Bosayri army checkpoint.

The unnamed officer is believed to have been a regime leader in the ancient city of Palmyra, which ISIS captured in May and have since set about about systematically destroying as they believe the city's several millennia-old buildings and monuments distract from the worship of God.

ISIS have increasingly used young boys in their gruesome executions, with some children no older than 12 being forced to shoot the terror group's opponents at point blank range. However using a child to carry out a brutal beheading with a knife is a sickening new low for ISIS.

Scroll down for video

Sick: Depraved jihadis fighting for the Islamic State have forced a young child to savagely behead a Syrian regime army officer in the first execution of its kind

Brutal murder: The regime soldier is seen being forced to lay on his stomach as the young boy approaches him from behind, pulls his head back by the hair, and uses a small knife to behead him

Video of the incident has been shared by ISIS supporters on social media and shows a child no older than 10 carrying out the brutal beheading.

Wearing camouflage and a black headdress, the boy's face is uncovered - revealing a chilling dead-eyed stare that offers a glimpse of the evil he has witnessed carried out by ISIS' killers.

The regime soldier is seen being forced to lay on his stomach as the young boy approaches him from behind, pulls his head back by the hair, and uses a small knife to slit the man's throat and set about beheading him.

In a moment of true horror the child then lifts the victim's severed head in a warped celebration of the brutal murder. He then places the head on the victim's back.

Throughout the entire killing, a senior ISIS fighter is seen observing the shocking scene.

At the end of the video the older militant turns to the camera and makes a chilling threat to the West.

'Our goal is not only Palmyra or Homs or Damascus, rather our goal is to conquer Bayt al- Maqdes [Jerusalem] and Rome, God willing,' according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, who say they were sent a copy of the video.

Horror: Video of the incident has been shared by ISIS supporters on social media and shows a child no older than 10 carrying out the brutal beheading

Warped: Wearing camouflage and a black headdress, the boy's face is uncovered - revealing a chilling dead-eyed stare that offers a glimpse of the evil he has witnessed carried out by ISIS' killers

Today's savage murder is not the first time ISIS have used young boys to commit a sickening murder. It isn't even the first time the terror group has employed child executioners in Palmyra.

But observers believe the latest shocking video features the first young boy forced to carry out a filmed beheading on behalf of the Islamic extremists.

Earlier this month ISIS released an execution video from inside Palmyra, showing 25 child executioners lining up regime soldiers in a Roman amphitheatre and shooting them in the head.

A baying crowd of men and boys gathered in the restored ruin waiting for the slaughter, many wearing military uniforms and headscarves.

The amphitheatre had formerly been used for an annual festival in the city and was a world famous tourist attraction before the Syrian Civil War broke out in 2011.

ISIS seized control of the UNESCO world heritage site from regime forces in May. Since then it is believed the terror group has been using it to stage hundreds of barbaric public executions.

Harrowing footage: Today's savage murder is not the first time ISIS have used boys to commit a sickening murder. It isn't even the first time the terror group has employed child executioners in Palmyra (pictured)

Waiting crowd: Earlier this month ISIS released an execution video from inside Palmyra, showing 25 child executioners lining up regime soldiers in a Roman amphitheatre and shooting them in the head

Blood-thirsty: A baying crowd of men and boys gathered in the restored ruin waiting for the slaughter, many wearing military uniforms and headscarves

Hundreds at ancient theatre to watch mass ISIS execution

ISIS' child killers are dubbed 'cubs of the caliphate' and have proven to be an increasingly common propaganda tool for a group determined to prove itself as the most depraved in human history.

The first confirmed example of child executioners being employed by ISIS is believed to have been in January, when two children shot dead a pair of former jihadis who 'confessed' to being spies operating undercover within the terror group on behalf of Russian intelligence.

Since then there have been numerous examples of ISIS jihadis using children to shoot their enemies dead - ranging from slick, professionally produced videos aimed at a Western audience, to grainy mobile phone footage intended for the private entertainment of the militants themselves.

Yesterday 17 government troops including a commander were killed fighting ISIS near Palmyra.

Palmyra, which is famed for its ancient ruins, has been under ISIS control since May, but in recent weeks government troops have advanced to within a few miles of the city.

Meanwhile in northeastern Syria, Kurdish forces backed by government shelling seized an area south of the city of Hasakeh from ISIS forces.

THE TREASURED SYRIAN CITY OF PALMYRA - 'THE VENICE OF THE SANDS'

Miraculously preserved: Before the ISIS take-over, the desert city of Palmyra was ranked on the world's 10 best Roman ruins, and was the greatest Roman city in the Middle East. The Roman amphitheatre in the ancient city is one of the best examples of the miraculous preservation so treasured in the city

The historic city of Palmyra, which has been described as the ‘Venice of the Sands’, is a vast expanse of Roman ruins in the middle of the Syrian desert.

It was the greatest Roman city in the Middle East, and before the take-over of ISIS, was ranked as one of the 10 best Roman ruins in the world.

But now it has become a stage for ISIS brutality, as pictures emerge of bloodied bodies scattered among the arches and columns that line the city’s streets.

Palmyra’s fall to ISIS has huge resonance in the West because the Unesco World Heritage Site and jewel of the Middle East – which only recently was visited by thousands of tourists every year – could be reduced to rubble at any moment.

Named for the forest of palm trees that flank it, the oasis city has provided refuge for desert-travellers for nearly 4,000 years.

Just 130 miles north-east of the Syrian capital Damascus, the city is a staggering and unique combination of Roman and Middle Eastern architecture.

At risk: The Triumphal Arch across the main street of Palmyra, in the Syrian desert

Some of the treasures of the city include the Temple of Bel, which ranks among the most important buildings of the ancient world and was the religious centre of Palmyra; the elaborately-decorated Triumphal Arch across the city's main street; and the frescoes at the Hypogeum of the Three Brothers, dating from the second century AD.

But in the eyes of ISIS, the architectural and artistic gems are simply the artefacts of infidels, representing false and offensive idols.

‘It is the birthplace of civilisation,’ Irina Bokova said of the city.

‘It belongs to the whole of humanity and everyone today should be worried about what is happening.’

Kevin Butcher, professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Warwick, added: ‘Like Venice, the city formed the hub of a vast trade network, only with the desert as its sea and camels as its ships.’

The Romans took the site in the first century AD under the Emperor Tiberius.

Soon the city became one of the international market places of the world, with imports and exports across the Empire, as far afield as Hadrian’s Wall in the north, Spain in the west, India in the east and Libya in the south.

Palmyra’s amphitheatre, built soon after a visit from Emperor Hadrian in AD 129, is one of the best examples of the miraculous preservation that is so treasured in the city.

Harry Mount, written for Daily Mail. Harry Mount's Odyssey — Ancient Greece in the Footsteps of Odysseus is published by Bloomsbury in July