article_snippet: Militants fighting for the Islamic State in Syria have released sickening images of a young man having his hand hacked off after his was accused of stealing.
article_snippet: The images, understood to have been taken in the terror group's de facto capital Raqqa, show the man being dragged out onto a public square in front of a bloodthirsty crowd.
article_snippet: The images, understood to have been taken in ISIS' de facto capital Raqqa, show the man being led from a vehicle by three heavily armed terrorists, one of whom appears to be no older than 16 .
article_snippet: The horrific images were shared on the Twitter page of the local  activist group Raqqa
article_snippet: Is Being Slaughtered Silently, who work undercover in the city to expose the atrocities committed by ISIS'.
article_snippet: The four photographs are high quality shots and carry the distinctive yellow branding of ISIS' Al-Hayat Media Center, suggesting The four photographs may be stills from an as-yet unreleased propaganda video.
article_snippet: The first image shows the blindfold and baseball cap-wearing victim being led from a vehicle by three heavily armed Islamic State terrorists, one of whom appears to be no older than 16.
article_snippet: The video comes just one day after ISIS released gruesome footage of the murder of a man the terror group accused of working as a spy.
article_snippet: In a chilling sign of ISIS reach and influence, Ahmed Muhammad is understood to have been accused of working as part of a secret spy network based  in neighbouring NATO member state Turkey before Ahmed Muhammad brutal filmed execution over the border in Syria.
article_snippet: To Be Learned', the three minute 40 second video has all the hallmarks of an official ISIS release - employing HD cameras, Hollywood-style sound and visual effects and slick editing and direction.
article_snippet: the three minute 40 second video also carries the logo of one of the terror group's official Aleppo-based propaganda arms, Halab.
article_snippet: It is estimated that 20,000 people have streamed into the territory in Iraq and Syria, where ISIS has proclaimed what ISIS calls a 'caliphate', ruled by ISIS often brutal version of Islamic law.
article_snippet: An ISIS member parades through the streets of Raqqa in Syria waving an Islamic State flag and brandishing a gun.
highlights_snippet: Victim is dragged before bloodthirsty onlookers in the Syrian city of Raqqa .
  
highlights_snippet: Another image shows ISIS surgeon tending to the man's gruesome wounds .