ISIS executes 25 people by throwing them in nitric acid

Chiqui Guyjoco Sunday, May 22, 2016

ISIS militants have reportedly used nitric acid in its public execution of at least 25 Mosul civilians accused of spying for Iraqi security forces.

An unnamed source spoke with Iraqi News this week to reveal the latest ISIS execution.

An Islamic State flag is seen in this picture illustration taken February 18, 2016. Picture taken February 18, 2016. | REUTERS/DADO RUVIC

"ISIS terrorist members executed 25 persons in Mosul on charges of spying and collaborating with Iraqi security forces. ISIS put the citizens in a large tub containing nitric acid inside one of its headquarters," the source said. "ISIS members tied each person with a rope and lowered him in the tub, which contains nitric acid, till the victims organs dissolve."

The killing was intentionally performed in public to scare the Mosul residents, said an unnamed witness for an Arabic al-Sumaria news website, as reported by PressTV.

The terrorist group also executed 11 people on May 13 for using their mobile phones. Three days before this happened, five family members living in Kirkuk city accused of escaping were burned alive. In April, 250 Mosul women who refused to temporarily marry the militants were executed.

"As territory is retaken from the criminal and terrorist gangs of Daesh [also known as ISIS], evidence of the heinous crimes they have committed continues to be uncovered," Jan Kubis, United Nations special representative for Iraq as well as head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), reported to the UN Security Council on May 6.

Kubis revealed that more than 50 mass graves were discovered in the recovered territories previously held by the militant group. According to CNN, witnesses accounted more than 130 bodies found in the mass graves.

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland told media on Friday, May 20 that the Iraqi security forces with U.S. air support have recaptured the small city of Rutba from the militants, as reported by AlJazeera.

"Although it's a small town, it's an important success for the Iraqi security forces," MacFarland said. However, MacFarland could not say whether their operation in Mosul, ISIS' main stronghold in Iraq, would be launched at least before the year ends.