BEIRUT (AFP) - A woman who was accused of adultery in the Northern Syrian Province of Raqa have been stoned to death by Jihadists in the Province.
It was the first “execution” of its kind by the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, which has proclaimed the establishment of an Islamic “caliphate” straddling Syria and Iraq.
“The Islamic State carried out its first sentence of death by stoning against a woman in Tabaqa, accusing her of adultery,” said the Britain-based Observatory, referring to a town in Raqa province, most of which is under IS control.
According to an activist in the province, the stoning took place in a public square on Thursday evening in Tabaqa.
“This is the first time that this has happened here,” added Abu Ibrahim.
IS spearheaded a recent offensive in Iraq, capturing large swathes of territory and massive amounts of weapons from fleeing Iraqi troops.
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