At the main entrance to the city of Hawija in Iraq hangs eight lifeless bodies are strung up by their feet, in yet another public display of horror by the Islamic State.
The black flag of terror ISIS is also clearly apparent as onlookers gather to watch the abhorrent scene. Some of the strung up dead men appear to be wearing military uniforms but it is not clear if they were Iraqi soldiers.
It is reported that ISIS are planning to move their stronghold to Hawija, as the US train Iraqi troops to re-take the city of Mosul, where they are presently headquartered.
Hawija is a predominantly Sunni Muslim city which lies off a major highway leading to Mosul and the capital Baghdad.
Since ISIS first invaded the town in June 2014, it quickly took over neighbouring villages until it had enough support from locals to establish its new base there.
But this is not the first time the city has made headlines for sinister reasons. A gruesome video released in February showed orange-clad captives being paraded in cages in Hawija.
ISIS mobs taunted the kidnapped men during the procession which echoed the terrible death suffered by captured Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh.
He was also caged before a film of him being burnt alive surfaced, implying the same fate would befall the trapped captives in Hawija.
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