BEIRUT – A video has been posted online purporting to show Islamic State fighters killing some 25 Syrian government soldiers in the historic town of Palmyra in central Syria.
The video released Saturday showed the soldiers being taken in pickup trucks from the town’s notorious Tadmur prison to the amphitheatre. At the theatre, they are shot dead by young IS members armed with pistols. Hundreds of people were seen watching the killings.
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The video did not indicate when the killings took place. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says these shootings took place on May 27.
The Associated Press reported in May that scores of troops and state employees were killed after the Islamic State group captured the town.
Palmyra is a UNESCO world heritage site famous for its 2,000-year-old Roman colonnades, other ruins and priceless artifacts.
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