GRAPHIC CONTENT: Islamic State fighters crush ancient human mummies with truck

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/687292/Islamic-State-bulldoze-mummies-Palmyra-destruction

ISLAMIC STATE fighters have purportedly filmed themselves destroying ancient human mummies by running them over with a truck.

By Oli Smith

PUBLISHED: 15:01, Thu, Jul 7, 2016 | UPDATED: 15:08, Thu, Jul 7, 2016

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Footage has emerged from Syria appearing to show depraved fanatics from the extremist group plundering and destroying ancient remains.
The terror group used the as-yet unverified video to proudly show off how they destroyed Palmyra's ancient history, including temples and even human remains.

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Depraved Islamic State soldiers crush ancient human mummies into pieces under trucks

The twisted video showed militants smashing up ancient sculptures and even driving a lorry over mummies.

In the footage, ISIS zealots remove an ancient mummy from a temple and lay it on the road.

The mummy, which had survived thousands of years, is then turned into powder in an instant under the wheels of a lorry.

The video also sees jihadists destroying a shrine with the use of explosives.

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Although the footage was only just released this week, the actual destruction of Palmyra's antiquities took place months ago.

In March this year Bashar al-Assad's Syrian forces, with the aid of Russian forces, chased ISIS out of the ancient Syrian city – but not before the terror group had destroyed much of the Roman ruins.
ISIS captured the city in May 2015 and began blowing up the major landmarks at the UNESCO-listed world heritage site.

Islamic State horrified the world when they used the 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheatre in Palmyra to perform public executions.

A Russian drone which flew over the amphitheatre showed images believed to be large blood stains.

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