Syrian boy, 14, refuses to join terror group, so...
Oct 3, 2015 15:29:39 GMT -5
Post by Shoshanna on Oct 3, 2015 15:29:39 GMT -5
"They cut them off with a butcher's knife': Syrian boy, 14, describes horrific moment ISIS militant dubbed 'The Bulldozer' hacked off his HAND and FOOT because he refused to join terror group
Boy, known as Omar, was serving with more moderate opposition forces
He was captured by ISIS and strung up and tortured for month and a half
After he refused to join group, his hand and foot were brutally hacked off
Massive militant dubbed 'The Bulldozer' chopped off extremities in public
ISIS 'gathered other children to warn them not to resist extremist group'
Minors are being trained by militants to be soldiers and suicide bombers
By Sophie Jane Evans for MailOnline
Published: 05:13 EST, 2 October 2015 | Updated: 06:17 EST, 2 October 2015
A 14-year-old Syrian boy has described his horrific ordeal at the hands of an ISIS militant dubbed 'The Bulldozer' - who hacked off his hand and foot because he refused to join the terror group.
The teenager, known only as Omar, was serving with more moderate opposition forces trying to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime when he was captured by the Islamic State.
He says the extremist group strung him up and tortured him for a month and a half in a bid to get him to join their growing ranks of children. When he refused, he was dealt a shocking punishment.
In an interview with Channel 4 from his new home in a Turkish border town, Omar describes how militants gathered a crowd in the middle of a street, before tying down his right hand and left leg.
Attacker: Omar says 'The Bulldozer' (pictured after carrying out the amputations) and fellow militants sought out other children in the area ahead of the public display - as a warning to them not to resist the Islamic State
Full story, pictures, and video here.
Boy, known as Omar, was serving with more moderate opposition forces
He was captured by ISIS and strung up and tortured for month and a half
After he refused to join group, his hand and foot were brutally hacked off
Massive militant dubbed 'The Bulldozer' chopped off extremities in public
ISIS 'gathered other children to warn them not to resist extremist group'
Minors are being trained by militants to be soldiers and suicide bombers
By Sophie Jane Evans for MailOnline
Published: 05:13 EST, 2 October 2015 | Updated: 06:17 EST, 2 October 2015
A 14-year-old Syrian boy has described his horrific ordeal at the hands of an ISIS militant dubbed 'The Bulldozer' - who hacked off his hand and foot because he refused to join the terror group.
The teenager, known only as Omar, was serving with more moderate opposition forces trying to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime when he was captured by the Islamic State.
He says the extremist group strung him up and tortured him for a month and a half in a bid to get him to join their growing ranks of children. When he refused, he was dealt a shocking punishment.
In an interview with Channel 4 from his new home in a Turkish border town, Omar describes how militants gathered a crowd in the middle of a street, before tying down his right hand and left leg.
Attacker: Omar says 'The Bulldozer' (pictured after carrying out the amputations) and fellow militants sought out other children in the area ahead of the public display - as a warning to them not to resist the Islamic State
Full story, pictures, and video here.