Baghdad: To be frozen till death is one of the hardest punishments pronounced by the dreaded Islamic State group to its fighters who had been accused of cowardice during the battle in Iraq.
According to a report in the Mirror, ISIS allegedly killed its fighters by locking them up in a freezer. After the militants died of cold, their bodies were stretched out on the roads as a warning to potential ISIS defectors.
The claim was made by an Iraqi media agency who said that the defectors were put alive into a forensic freezer for one whole day until they stopped breathing.
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Recently, Islamic State group had released a series of sickening videos showing prisoners being executed and killed.
The terror group has been in the news after Iraqi forces backed by US-led airstrikes drove out ISIS from Ramadi, Palmyra and a couple of other Syrian cities, which according to the investigators might be the reason for fighters trying to flee from the group.
Civilians wait to be checked at a checkpoint at the entrance to Ramadi, 115 km west of Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo: AP)
Producing fake medical certificates is one of the tactics used by ISIS fighters to withdraw from war front. They often beg in front of doctors and urge them to provide a fake medical note, which they use to stay away from battle.
Islamic State group has long been struggling to keep up its fighters' morale which is largely affected by the terror group's constant defeat in their caliphates as well as insufficient funds which leave the fighters with no money for food and basic necessities.
Although Iraqi forces have beefed up security measures against ISIS, the terror group continues to carry out suicide attacks in the region.
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Recently, ISIS militants had unleashed a wave of suicide attacks in Iraq that killed at least 29 people.
The deadliest attack took place in the southern province of Dhi Qar when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a restaurant that is frequented by Shiite paramilitary militia fighters, killing at least 14 people.
