#HORROR: The Muslim Syrian extremists cut off a man's hand as punishment for stealing - and posted pics LIVE on Twitter

• WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Islamist group live-tweeted punishment of a thief in northern Syria
• Photos were posted online showing a man having his hand chopped off
• Group claimed the man requested the punishment to 'cleanse him of sin' 

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, militant organisation ISIS - Islamist State in Iraq and Syria - claimed the man, an alleged thief, had requested to be punished in this way.