(ANSA) - Rome, January 20 - Islamic State (ISIS) militants
gunned down 13 Iraqi boys for watching their national team play
Jordan in the Asian Cup soccer tournament on January 12,
international media reported Monday.
The public execution took place in the northern Iraqi city
of Mosul, which was overrun by ISIS jihadists last year.
The extremist militants said the boys had watched the
Iraq-Jordan match in violation of strict Islamic law.
Their parents were unable to retrieve the bodies for fear
of being killed themselves.
The execution came just a few days after ISIS posted a
video showing two men being pushed to their death from a tower
in Mosul for allegedly "engaging in homosexual activities", a
'crime' punishable by death under Sharia law.
ISIS execute 13 boys for watching Iraq-Jordan soccer match
Execution came after militants threw 'gay' men from Mosul tower