Mob Cheers as ISIS Militants Throw Another 'Gay' Man to His Death

ISIS militants called their latest victim a 'child of Lot,' claiming he committed the 'crime' of sodomy.

BY  Thom Senzee

March 05 2015 2:49 PM ET 

A man reportedly in his early 20s was thrown from the rooftop of a tall building in Raqqa, Syria, for the alleged "crime" of being gay, according to The Daily Mail. 

Raqqa, the de facto capital of the terrorist group which calls itself the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, is the latest setting in a series of grisly executions recently carried out by ISIS militants against men accused of being gay. 

 

 

The most recent atrocity seems to have drawn an especially large and enthusiastic crowd, according to accounts the Daily Mail reported from an activist group calling itself Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. The Mail identified a banner that can be seen in photos and video of the murder as that of militant group's propaganda unit, Al Hayat Media Centre.

As with other antigay executions carried out by ISIS, several photos and videos of the horrifying event have emerged. All are disturbing, perhaps most especially a photo showing the blindfolded young man, so far unidentified, tumbling face first toward the ground and flailing in mid-air.

The Mail also reports that there is video showing two unmasked executioners escorting their victim to the rooftop, while also capturing the entire travesty with cameras on their cell phones. 

The first reported execution of men who militants claimed were "gay" took place last November, though family and friends of the victims reported that the men were targeted because they opposed the ISIS occupation, not because they were actually gay. Since that time, there have been credible reports of public crucifixions of people convicted of other "morals" and religious crimes. 

Just last month, an older man was thrown from a roof in Tal Abyad, Syria, for the "crime" of "having a homosexual affair." When the still-unidentified victim survived the seven-story fall, militants and bystanders stoned the man to death.