article_snippet.sent: Gruesome new images have emerged showing Islamic State militants stoning a blindfolded and bound man and woman to death in Iraq after they were accused of having sex before marriage.
article_snippet.sent: Taken in the ISIS-stronghold of Mosul in Nineveh province, the shocking images show a large crowd gathered to watch the jihadis murder the defenceless couple.
article_snippet.sent: Young boys clamber onto Young boys fathers' shoulders to get a better view of the man and woman being charged with 'fornication', before the familiar white-bearded face of ISIS's elderly Mosul-based executioner-in-chief Abu Ansar al-Ansari orders their stoning to death.
article_snippet.sent: the shocking images begin by showing a large crowd gathered in a rain-drenched square in central Mosul.
article_snippet.sent: Stoned to death: Taken in the ISIS-stronghold of Mosul in Nineveh provinceNineveh province, the shocking images show a large crowd gathered to watch the ISIS militants murder the defenceless couple .
article_snippet.sent: With heavily armed militants taking up positions on ledges overlooking a large crowd, the young men and boys jostle to ensure the young men and boys get the best view of the murder .
article_snippet.sent: With heavily armed militants taking up positions on ledges overlooking a large crowd, the young men and boys jostle to ensure the young men and boys jostle get the best view of the murder the murder .
article_snippet.sent: In the background of the image, women wearing black niqabs are seen gathered together.
article_snippet.sent: An Islamic State militant with a yellow scarf covering An Islamic State militant with a yellow scarf covering his face face is then seen using a microphone and PA system to read out the charge of 'fornication' against the defenceless couple, suggesting the defenceless couple have been accused of having sex without being married, not of committing adultery.
article_snippet.sent: A large pile of stones are then seen heaped in the middle of the road, before the ISIS militants began throwing the ISIS militants at the defenceless and blindfolded couple, who have had the ISIS militants hands bound to prevent the ISIS militants getting away.
article_snippet.sent: As stones rain down on the victims' bodies, large pools of blood appear in the road, before eventually the man and woman die of the man and woman injuries and the savagery finally comes to an end.
article_snippet.sent: Preparing to kill: After the charges are read out, the familiar white-bearded face of ISIS' elderly Mosul-based executioner-in-chief Abu Ansar al-Ansari (centre) orders the familiar white-bearded face of ISIS' elderly Mosul-based executioner-in-chief Abu Ansar al-Ansari (centre) stoning to death .