The executions at dawn today came just hours after Islamic State militants released a sickening video that showed a captured Jordanian fighter pilot being burned alive in a cage.
Jordan vowed a swift and lethal response and government officials this morning revealed that two prisoners, Sajida al-Rishawi (left) and Ziad al-Karbouli, had been executed. Later, an ambulance believed to be carrying their bodies was seen leaving Swaqa prison near Amman where the hangings took place. It comes after chilling footage emerged showing captured pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh standing in a cage, seemingly doused in fuel (centre) as a trail of petrol leading up to the iron bars of the cage is seen being set alight (top right). Flames are seen quickly spreading across the dirt to the cage (bottom right), where they completely engulf the helpless pilot in images that are far too distressing to publish.
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