- Depraved militants are now attaching HD cameras to their gun barrels
- Equipment allows them to film their savage murders in gruesome detail
- Unorthodox view makes terrorists' murder films look like video games
- Execution of several Iraqi prisoners was filmed on the ISIS gun cameras
- Men were brutally shot in the back of the head from point-blank range
- WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT
Published:
12:18 GMT, 5 March 2015
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Updated:
17:02 GMT, 5 March 2015
Depraved
militants fighting for the Islamic State in Iraq are attaching
high-definition cameras to the barrels of their guns in order to film
barbaric executions in gruesome detail.
The
shocking pictures were captured by the terror group's Tigris River
branch, who are currently engaged in fierce battles with up to 30,000
Iraqi Army soldiers and Shia militia roughly 70 miles north of the
ISIS-held city of Tikrit.
Still
images from the video shows a group of blindfolded prisoners being
forced to their knees while heavily armed militants line up behind them.
The photographs then cut to the gun barrel cameras, which display in
graphic detail the young men being shot to death from point blank range.
The unorthodox camera
view and the use of HD equipment give the footage the appearance of a
computer game and is just the latest example of ISIS attempting to
portray their atrocities in a manner that could appeal to young men and
women living in the West.
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Savages: Depraved
militants fighting for the Islamic State in Iraq are attaching
high-definition cameras to the barrels of their guns in order to film
barbaric executions in gruesome detail
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Killers: It is
understood that the group behind the savage murder represent ISIS'
presence along the River Tibris. They have attached HD cameras
(circled) to their guns to film the atrocity
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The unorthodox camera view and the use of HD equipment give the pictures the appearance of a video game
The horrific images have been shared online by Arab-language supporters of the brutal terrorist group.
They
show a group of men being dragged before a baying crowd of local men,
who gather along a roadside and use mobile phones to film the shocking
scene.
The
victims - who wear Western-looking clothing and have their hands bound
behind their backs - are forced to their knees by the bearded militants,
who tower over them while wearing military fatigues.
One
jihadi stands behind each of the five victims, brandishing all manner of
guns - from what appears to be small .9mm handguns to massive AK47
assault rifles.
At
least one of these larger weapons has an HD camera attached and
captures in gruesome detail the horrific moment a bullet hits one of the
prisoner's head, causing blood and brains to spray into the air.
The
next image is a close-up shot of the five victims lying in a pool of
their own blood while bloodthirsty onlookers stand and cheer, raising
their fingers in the air in a symbol of religious devotion.
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Death: The victims - who wear
Western-looking clothing and have their hands bound behind their backs -
are forced to their knees by the bearded militants, who tower over them
while wearing military fatigues
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Professional: The photographs carry
the distinctive yellow branding of ISIS' propaganda wings, suggesting
they may be stills from an as-yet unreleased propaganda video
It
is understood that the group behind the savage murder represent ISIS'
presence along the River Tibris, which flows from southern Iraq into
Turkey, passing through regime held cities such as Baghdad, as well as
the militant stronghold Mosul and current frontline city Tikrit.
It
was not immediately clear where the images were taken, but
this particularly ISIS group typically operate in and around the remote
villages off Iraq's Highway 1, such Azwya and Al-Shirqat.
The
photographs are high quality shots and carry the distinctive yellow
branding of ISIS' propaganda wings, suggesting they may be stills from
an as-yet unreleased propaganda video.
The
victims are believed to be a group of local men accused of attempting
to organise an anti-ISIS resistance group, although this information has
not been independently verified.
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Warfare: Shia fighters fire a rocket during clashes with Islamic State militants near Tikrit earlier this week
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Smoke rises as the Iraqi army, supported by volunteers, battles Islamic State extremists near Tikrit yesterday
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Taking their rest: Shia militiamen
relax behind a sand berm as the Iraqi Army, supported by the volunteers,
battles Islamic State extremists outside Tikrit yesterday afternoon
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An Iraqi Army soldier raises his finger in the air in a sign of religious devotion before attacking an ISIS target
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