21.   The rebels dragged Ali out of his office, shot him several times, then severed his head from his body.

22.   They spotted the blackened arm of a woman, her head severed, under the rubble and dug feverishly to retrieve the body.

23.   Throats were slit, heads were severed, bodies were mutilated.

24.   They were hacked on their necks, the impact of which almost severed the heads of Redzuan and Azizul.

25.   Witnesses said the falling metal scaffold severed the head of one worker and crushed the body of another.

26.   With three more strikes, his head was severed.

27.   His head had been severed and he had suffered numerous stab wounds.

28.   His head had been severed and the name of the group that kidnapped him, Al-Faran, was carved on his abdomen.

29.   His head had been severed and the words Al-Faran carved into his abdomen.

30.   Her head was nearly severed.