Syrian Teenager Executed by Terrorists over blasphemy

AGENCIES,(ST)_ World  media gave wide coverage  to the execution of  a Syrian teenager selling coffee in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo  who was arrested by terrorists  fighters for insulting the Prophet Mohammed, beaten and then executed in front of his family.

The boy, Mohammed Qatta, 14, reportedly refused to give a customer coffee, news reports said.

“Even if [Prophet] Mohammed comes back to life, I won’t,” the boy said, who was known by his nickname “Salmo.”

ABC news reported  that extremist terrorists  driving past in a black car overheard the comment, and  Qatta was taken away by the terrorists and later brought back, his head wrapped with his shirt and his body covered with marks from whipping.

The terrorists then read out the boy’s sentence – not in a Syrian accent, but in classical Arabic. They accused the boy of blasphemy and told the crowd – which included the boy’s parents – that anyone who insulted the Prophet would suffer a similar fate.

Qatta was then shot in the mouth and neck. A graphic photo was released late Sunday of the dead boy clearly showing wounds that matched the reports.

The boy’s parents confirmed the accounts in an interview posted online on Monday with  his father stoically recounted the execution while his mother wailed.

“Why did they kill my son,” she cried. “We are not for or against anybody in this conflict, may God take revenge on them.”

T. Fateh