Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists beheaded an antiquities scholar in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and hung his body on a column in a main square of the historic site, Syria's antiquities chief said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
ISIS captured Palmyra in central Syria from government forces in May, but its jihadists are not known to have damaged the city’s monumental Roman-era ruins despite their reputation for destroying artifacts they view as “idolatrous” under their interpretation of Islam.
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