SYRIA: ISLAMIC STATE GROUP BEHEADS MAN FOR WITCHCRAFT

Militant group Islamic State (IS) beheaded a man purportedly for invoking magic, “sorcery,” according to IS affiliated media as well as anti-IS Syrian activist group “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.”
The unnamed man’s execution, a man thought to be in his 60’s, balding with a long grey beard would be summarily carried out outside of IS stronghold, de facto capital Raqqa, in rural area Aldbsa in front of a large crowd.
One image shows the elderly man being led to the execution site by militants, including one who appears to be a young teenager. Around the group are masked militants wielding assault rifles. Another image shows a bearded cleric reading out the charges against the man, whilst another image shows him kneeling on the floor with his arms bound behind his back, his head resting on a chopping block and an axe just millimetres from his neck. Other images show a crowd of dozens of onlookers pressed up against metal railings so they can get a closer look at the gruesome scene.