GRAPHIC PHOTO: Man Publicly Crucifixed in Syria

Graphic images of a suspected rebel 'traitor', strung up and crucified on a road sign in a Syrian town square, have been posted online by Islamist extremists.

DailyMail reports that the man, whose T-shirt is drenched in his own drying blood, was executed after he was accused of helping government forces in a country torn in two by a brutal civil war. Pinned to his chest is a sign bearing a cryptic message that reads: 'Cleanliness is a civilised matter that shows your ethics and love for your country.'

Behind the killing is the hardline Islamic group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), a faction so extreme that it has been disavowed by Al Qaeda. The group posted the shocking photograph online as a warning as to what happens to defectors in areas in Syria under ISIS control. VIEWERS DISCRETION ADVISED
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