ISIL beheads two women in Syria accused of 'sorcery'
The Takfiri ISIL terrorists have beheaded two women in Syria, making it the first time the militants publicly decapitate female civilians in the country, a report says.
On Tuesday, so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the women were beheaded along with their husbands after being accused of "witchcraft and sorcery" and of "using magic for medicine."
"It is the first time that the beheading of women, by the use of sword in public, has taken place in Syria," said the UK-based groups's chief Rami Abdel Rahman.
According to the group, the executions took place on June 28 and June 29, with the first couple being killed in the city of Deir al-Zor and the second in the city of Mayadin, both in Deir al-Zor Province.
The observatory, which is affiliated to Syria's foreign-backed opposition, has recorded more than 3,000 executions carried out by ISIL in Syria since last June. About 80 of those executed are said to have been children.
Last year, the ISIL militants beheaded at least three Kurdish female Peshmerga forces in the city of Kobani near the Turkish border.
The terrorists have also reportedly stoned a number of women to death in Syria after accusing them of adultery and other offenses.
The Takfiri militant group, which currently controls parts of Syria and neighboring Iraq, has carried out crimes such as public decapitations and crucifixions against all ethnic and religious groups, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians, Izadi Kurds and others.
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