Jihad’s sick farewell

Islamic State leaves heads of 50 sex slaves in grim final hour

COALITION troops leading the assault against Islamic State’s last stronghold have found the severed heads of 50 sex slaves murdered by the merciless jihadis.

British Special Forces made the grisly discovery when they entered Baghuz, the besieged town on the banks of the Euphrates in eastern Syria where IS is making its last desperate stand. The barbaric terrorists had beheaded dozens of Yazidi women before dumping their heads in dustbins.

It followed a fierce closequarter battle earlier this month during which SAS soldiers fired 600 mortar bombs and tens of thousands of machinegun rounds, forcing the enemy into a network of tunnels beneath the rubblestrewn town. More than 100 jihadis were killed in the battle.

“In their hour of defeat, the jihadis’ cruelty knew no bounds,” a battle source said.

“They conducted a cowardly slaughter of these desperately unfortunate women as a final act of depravity and left their severed heads behind for us to find.

“The motivation for such a sickening act is beyond comprehension for any remotely normal human being. None of the SAS troops who entered Baghuz will forget what they saw. Their only solace is that they have contributed to bringing Islamic State’s reign of terror to an end.”

They also found the remains of IS fighters killed in the battle and jihadis assassinated by their commanders, amid suspicion that they were spies.

However, it is feared that more than 100 jihadis have passed themselves off as refugees and are now in camps set up to house and feed displaced civilians.

Five years ago, the terror group controlled territory stretching from western Syria to eastern Iraq. But by last night, 200 militants had been confined to a tiny piece of land where they are holding an equal number of hostages.