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Maldivian executed by IS: report

Xinhua, May 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

Terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) has executed a Maldivian who had joined their fight in Iraq, by pushing him off of a building, local media reported on Wednesday.

Local newspaper Haveeru reported it "can confirm" the man was executed last month. The man was given the "death sentence" at an IS "court." The man was prosecuted alongside two others, who had also been executed in the same manner, the media outlet said.

The nature of his crime is yet unclear, the report added.

"The man had first traveled and taken residence in Syria. He had gone to Iraq after the government began an initiative to chase the IS out of Iraq's Tikrit."

This is the first report of a Maldivian fighting alongside the IS. Maldivians who travel abroad to join foreign wars in the Middle East are known to join the Al-Nusra Front in Syria.

Unconfirmed reports suggest as many as 100 Maldivians have left their country to fight foreign wars, usually in the Middle East. A practice the Maldives government has tried hard to clamp down on but with limited success. Endi