Isis stones men accused of adultery and gay sex

The executions came as Syrian government jets unleashed nine strikes on Raqqa
The executions came as Syrian government jets unleashed nine strikes on Raqqa
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Isis militants have stoned to death two men in Syria, one for alleged homosexuality and paedophilia, and the other for adultery.

Activists in Raqqa said that Omar Assad al-Hamadi, 25, was sentenced to death for homosexuality and having sex with children. “He was stoned to death in the middle of Deir Ezzor,” said Abu Ward, an activist from an anti-Isis group called Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently, speaking from the city.

He said that the execution took place in front of a crowd of women and children and the body was later hung from a cross in the centre of the city. A paper was pinned to his body saying he was stoned because he had sex with males. It was the first execution for