Photos emerge purporting to show Daesh beheading gay men in northern Iraq

Published March 10th, 2015 - 11:52 GMT
The group has carried out similar attacks on civilians in Iraq and Syria several times since its initial takeover of northern Iraqi territory last summer. (AFP/File)
The group has carried out similar attacks on civilians in Iraq and Syria several times since its initial takeover of northern Iraqi territory last summer. (AFP/File)

The Islamic State group has publicly beheaded three men in northern Iraq, two of them for allegedly engaging in homosexual acts, according to photos shared by sympathizers on social media Tuesday.

The jihadist terror group, which controls large areas of Iraq and neighboring Syria, has carried out hundreds of executions as it has imposed its brutal version of Islamic 'Sharia' law, many of them photographed or videotaped. However, the latest images did not show the alleged beheadings so their authenticity could not be independently verified.

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