A stomach-turning footage was recently posted online, which showed Islamic State (ISIS) militants leading about 250 captured Syrian soldiers though the desert in their underwear to be killed.
ISIS Militants Slaughter 250 Soldiers In Syria
The video showed the soldiers stripped to their underwear with their hands behind their heads, lead on a straight line by the militants who threw insulting remarks at them
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The authenticity of the sickening video was confirmed to Reuters by an Islamic State fighter via the Internet: the militant said.
The ISIS militants claimed the men were from Syrian government’s Tabqa air base which extremists seized on Sunday, potentially handing them warplanes, tanks, artillery and ammunition.
The video showed the soldiers stripped to their underwear with their hands behind their heads, lead on a straight line by the militants who threw insulting remarks at them.
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Before they were killed, the men's captors chanted - to which they replied:
According to reports, the video was too graphic to be published in full.
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