The Islamic State jihadist group have executed an alleged leader of the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front in Damascus, who they allege was behind several assassination plots, a monitoring group said Thursday.
The man, 'Abu Mujahid al-Biqai' was dressed in an orange jumpsuit and black blindfold and was shot in the back of the head, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Graphic close-up photographs of the man's execution and his corpse were released.
IS accused the man of organising assassinations of its members in the Yarmouk refugee camp south of Damascus, the monitoring group said.
He was captured in Damascus province, said the monitor, which receives its information from activists and doctors inside Syria.
