The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

“Islamic State” stones a woman for “adultery”

Deir Ezzor Province:

Reliable sources informed SOHR that IS stoned a woman to death in the village of Hijin in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor for “adultery. It is worth noting that IS carried out the first “stoning to death” in July 17, 2014, in the city of al- Raqqa, followed by carrying out the second “stoning” against a woman from the city of al- Tabaqa after 24 hours of carrying out the first stoning, where IS carried out “the punishment of stoning to death”  in July 17, 2014, she was brought to the popular market in the city and stoned to death for “adultery”. in that time, it was cleared that the woman who stones in the city of al- Tabaqa was 26 years old, and she is a widow named Sh.M.A. After one day, in July 18, 2014, IS also stoned another woman in the city of al- Raqqa for “adultery” too, she was brought to a square near the Municipal Stadium in the city of al- Raqqa and stoned to death by IS extremists after they brought a car loaded with stones because the people of city did not participate in stoning.