Islamic
State militants have publicly beheaded two of their own fighters after
they were accused of 'banditry' and spying on behalf of the Syrian
government.
The
executions took place in the Syrian city of Al-Bukamal after the two
men were arrested by members of the terror group's police force and
brought before a Sharia law court.
One
of the men was successfully tried on charges of 'banditry and robbing
Muslims' money', while the second man was convicted of 'spying and
embezzlement', with both being sentenced to being beheaded in the centre
of Al-Bukamal, which is on the Euphrates River near the border with
Iraq.
News of the
executions came from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a
British-based group monitoring violence in Syria using sources on the
ground.
The
first man, they said, was convicted of 'banditry and robbing Muslims'
money' - a charge likely to have been linked to the practice of money
lending or usury.
The
second militants was accused of 'dealing with the regime and throwing
electronic chips to keep track of Mujahedeen,' according to the
Observatory.
The
use of the phrase 'electronic chips' is understood to refer to small
geolocation devices that can be hidden inside ISIS-held buildings or
vehicles belonging to senior militants.
The devices can then provide Syrian regime warplanes with detailed information on which to base a bombing raid.
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