According to Christian Aid Mission, a humanitarian
group which assists indigenous Christian workers in their native
countries, the horrific murders took place on August 28 in an unnamed
village outside Aleppo, Syria.
"In front of the team leader and relatives in the
crowd, the Islamic extremists cut off the fingertips of the boy and
severely beat him, telling his father they would stop the torture only
if he, the father, returned to Islam," Christian Aid worker said...
"When the team leader refused, relatives said, the ISIS militants also
tortured and beat him and the two other ministry workers. The three men
and the boy then met their deaths in crucifixion."
They
were killed for refusing to return to islam after embracing
Christianity, as were the other eight aid workers, including two women,
according to Christian Aid. The eight were taken to a separate site in
the village and asked if they would return to islam. However, after they
refused to renounce Christ, the women, ages 29 and 33, were brutally gang raped openly before the crowd. All were summoned at gun point to watch. Afterwards, all eight were beheaded.
They prayed as they knelt before the islamic State
militants, according to the ministry leader Christian Aid assists, who
spoke with relatives and villagers while visiting the site.
"Villagers said some were praying in the name of
Jesus, others said some were praying the Lord's Prayer, and others said
some of them lifted their heads to commend their spirits to Jesus," the
ministry director told Christian Aid.
"One of the women looked up and
seemed to be almost smiling as she said...
'Jesus, I love you my Lord!'"
In a manner reflective of Christ's crucifixion, the bodies of those killed were then hung on crudely fashioned crosses for mock display.
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