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9 July 2016 - 10:04 AMT

Palmyra: Footage shows IS running over mummies with truck

This footage recorded and released by the Islamic State group shows militants reveling in the destruction of the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, the Mirror reports.

Palmyra was taken by the jihadists in May 2015 as they started a campaign to destroy the ancient artefacts in the city.

It was recaptured in March this year by the Syrian Army but much of the town had been destroyed.

As the footage shows, the IS thugs are happily smashing the statues by throwing them onto the ground.

While in another sickening act, an extremist drives a bulldozer over human mummies which had been lined up to be destroyed.

ISIS considers the artefacts idol worshipping and have been waging a campaign to obliterate cultural sites and relics.