Muslim Extremists In Syria Cut Off Man’s Hand For Stealing And LIVE Tweeted it (See Graphic PHOTOS)

A group of Syrian Islamist militants
posted a series of photographs of a man
having his hand cut off in a live-update
on Twitter.
The live-feed of the amputation, which
was carried out in the northern town of
Maskanah, near Aleppo, was re-tweeted
by several Jihadi social media channels.
The group responsible, an extremist
organisation calling themselves ISIS –
Islamist State in Iraq and Syria – claimed
the man, an alleged thief, had requested
to be punished in this way.
Several jihadi accounts said the ‘thief’ had
admitted his crimes ‘and also asked that
his hand be cut off to cleanse his sins’.
Brutal: Militants held the alleged thief
back as one advanced with a sword to
chop his hand off
It was not immediately possible to verify
the accounts, and the photographs and
tweets have now been removed from
Twitter.
One photo showed a blindfolded man
with his hand being held down on a table
while surrounded by a large group of
militant rebels.
A man dressed in a traditional white robe
stands in front of the table, and on the
right side is a man in a black balaclava
holding a large sword.
A later photo showed the man with his
hand severed, the limb resting on the
bloodied table
.
Graphic: The final image showed the man
seemingly passed out after his hand had
been severed
Live amputation: The group claimed the
man had asked for the punishment to be
carried out in Maskanah, near Aleppo in
northern Syria, to ‘cleanse him of sins’
The Twitter account that posted the
images has now been suspended from
the social networking site.
The punishment was inflicted by the
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a
pro-Al Qaeda Jihadist group that many
fear is taking an iron grip over parts of
Syria.
The group was formed in April 2013 and
grew out of Al Qaeda’s affiliate
organisation in Iraq.
Mainly composed of foreign fighters, it
has since become one of the main Jihadist
groups fighting government forces in
Syria.
It is an al-Qaeda splinter group, born
from ISI – Islamic State in Iraq – which
fought U.S. troops in the country before
the end of the Iraq war in 2011.
It is widely considered the most radical of
the groups fighting President Bashar al-
Assad. It is also engaged in a violent
struggle with rival Islamist rebels.
ISIS controls much of rebel-held Syria in
the north. In the city of Raqqa, it has
demanded that Christians pay a levy in
gold and curb displays of their faith in
return for protection.
It has also banned Christians from
owning weapons and from selling pork or
wine to Muslims or drinking wine in
public.
The group has been operating
independently of other jihadist groups
such as the Nusra Front and has had a
tense relationship with other rebels in
Syria.
In July, a commander of the Western-
backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) was
reportedly shot dead by ISIS fighters in
the coastal province of Lattakia.
There were also reports of deadly clashes
between the two groups in the north-
western province of Idlib. ISIS also seized
the northern town of Azaz from the FSA
on 18 September.
There has also been friction with other
Islamists. In November 2013, ISIS was
accused of killing a prominent member of
the Syrian Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-
Sham.
In the most recent sign of continuing
tension, ISIS suffered losses in two days
of fighting against an alliance of other
rebel forces in Aleppo and Idlib
provinces.