Islamic State: Islamic State gathering has murdered three of its prisoners in Syria by binds them to Roman-time segments in Palmyra before exploding the structures with explosives. The IS “tied three individuals it had arrested from Palmyra and its outskirts to the columns…and executed them by blowing up” three columns, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), Rami Abdel Rahman was quoted as saying by The Independent.
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They also beheaded archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad, who looked after ruins for 40 years, after he reportedly refused to reveal where artefacts had been hidden.
“Daesh is doing this for the media attention, so that Daeshcan say that it is the most villainous, and so it can get people’s attention”, Ayed said. Earlier this month IS blew up Palmyra’s Arch of Triumph, one of the most treasured monuments in the 2,000-year-old city.
Palmyra’s population of 200,000 have fled the town, although there have also been reports of government forces preventing civilians from leaving until they had abandoned the town themselves.
IS has used Palmyra’s grand amphitheater for a massacre in which child members of the group killed 25 Syrian soldiers, execution-style, in front of residents.
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After taking control of the Unesco World Heritage site of Palmyra in May, the IS has destroyed important historical places calling them “manifestations of polytheism”.
