ISIS captives brutally tortured in Fallujah 'terror prison'
Dog cages and torture equipment found in the recaptured city of Fallujah depict unimaginable horror the captives suffered at the hands of the Islamic State.
In a report by Mirror, video and still footages released on the Iranian News Agency revealed dog cages that used to house captives of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) terror group. Beside the dirty cages laid a car battery believed to have been used by the terrorist group to electrocute the prisoners.
The militants seized Fallujah in January 2014 and became the first ISIS-controlled Iraqi city. On June 17, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory against the terrorist group after promising to recapture Fallujah.
The offensive to recapture Fallujah began on May 23 and led to tens of thousands escaping the terrorized city but only to join the record-breaking humanitarian crisis. Those who managed to escape earlier told of their lives under the militants' rule.
"ISIL forced us to witness beheadings. We have seen them throw people from the tops of buildings. We have walked through streets where corpses are left to rot and stray dogs would feed on them," 60-year-old Hussein Abdo Nassief told Al Jazeera.
Nassief said ISIL ensured to spread terror among those trapped in Fallujah by showing the public executions on screens and even making copies of them on compact discs and then delivering them to the residents. The terrorists executed people for reasons as simple as shaving their beards or smoking cigarettes. They also killed anyone who opposed them and refused to fight with them.
"Husbands would be forced to hit their wives for not wearing the niqab properly. If our men did not obey the orders of ISIL, they would face punishment," said 57-year-old Safia Jasim Saoud.
They also told tales of having to eat grass and dried dates with barely anything to eat. However, scarcity still came upon them even after their escape.
"They have been eating rotten dates and animal feed - and drinking from the river, which is undrinkable," said Karl Schembri of the Norwegian Refugee Council on the 60,000 displaced people.
"Civilians are the only ones who pay the price of the conflict. What is happening to us is unfair, we have done nothing," Fallujah elderly citizen Sabah Hassan stated.