A man has reportedly been blindfolded and thrown off a tower
block in Syria for ‘being gay’ before being stoned to death after surviving the
fall.
New images have emerged appearing to show ISIS militants
hurling the man off the seven-storey building in the town of Tal Abyad in
Raqqa.The man, who was supposedly being punished for having a
‘homosexual affair’, apparently survived the fall, but was stoned to death by a
waiting crowd at the foot of the tower block. The London-based Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of activists on the
ground, claims the man was thrown from the building before being beaten to
death.
Photographs of the incident appear to show the man - who is
thought to be in his 50s - sat on a white, plastic chair while blindfolded.He is surrounded by at least two masked militants, who are
dressed in black clothing and army fatigues.The man is then thrown from the top of the tower block and
one photograph shows him falling towards the ground, head first. It is believed a 'judgement' was read aloud before he was thrown
which condemned his sexuality and claimed he should be thrown from the highest
point of the city as punishment.
After falling to the ground, the man can then be seen sat at
the foot of the building, having apparently survived the fall. One photograph shows another man, dressed in army fatigues
and carrying a portable radio, seemingly checking on the man's condition. An aerial photograph then shows the waiting crowd forming a
circle around the injured man before hurling rocks and stones at him. It is
understood he died from his injuries. Shocking pictures of the execution, which were posted on
Live Leak, are the latest to emerge of the horrific killing of men in
Syria.
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