article_snippet.sent: Militants are also recorded chipping away at the bases of some of the larger wall sculptures and cracking boulders into ancient city pillars, while eerie music plays in the background.
article_snippet.sent: In A shocking video, ISIS thugs balanced precariously on top of ladders are filmed smashing ancient relics in the heritage site .
article_snippet.sent: Balanced on top of a ladder, a jihadist is recorded cracking a carved head repeatedly on the side of the wall .
article_snippet.sent: The relic then cracks into pieces and falls to the ground in the latest act of destruction by the terrorist group in Hatra .
article_snippet.sent: On top a ladder, an ISIS thug cracks a historic artefact with a heavy hammer in the Iraqi city of Hatra .
article_snippet.sent: Having successfully completed the job, an ISIS thug climbs down the ladder as The relic falls with a crash to the earth .
article_snippet.sent: Elsewhere in the clip, ISIS thugs balanced precariously on ladders use a hammer to bang repeatedly on the back of carved faces on the side of the ancient walls until ISIS thugs topple with a crash to the ground.
article_snippet.sent: An ISIS thug hacks away at the side of the historic walls with a hammer, smashing a hammer into pieces as they fall to the ground .
highlights_snippet.sent: ISIS thugs recorded on ladders using hammers and AK-47s to smash down historic relics on the ancient walls .
  