SYRIA: IS EXECUTES 7-YEAR-OLD BOY FOR SWEARING DURING SOCCER GAME
May 5, 2016: The Islamic State executed a seven-year-old little boy for swearing while he was playing soccer with friends in the terror groupâs de facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria.
According to the independent Syrian news source ARA, the boy was killed by firing squad at a central square in Raqqa on May 5.
He was identified as Muaz Hassan.
A source told the news agency that IS members heard the boy âcursing divinity,â while playing in the street with his friends, and that âthe act was considered an insult to the Caliphate, regardless of the age of the boy.â
According to witnesses who spoke to the news service, the boy was shot dead in front of hundreds of people, including his parents, who later collapsed in grief. (Sources: TIMES OF ISRAEL, 09/05/2016)
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