hocking video has emerged of ISIS thugs using sledgehammers and AK-47 rifles to destroy walls and statues in Iraq's UNESCO World Heritage city of Hatra.
In the slickly produced seven minute footage, jihadists are shown smashing shrines and statues in the 2,000-year old city.
Militants are also recorded chipping away at the bases of some of the larger wall sculptures and cracking boulders into ancient city pillars, while eerie music plays in the background.
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Militants are filmed firing AK-47 rifles at relics in the UNESCO heritage site in the city of Hatra while music plays in the background
Having successfully completed the job, he climbs down the ladder as the ancient relic falls with a crash to the earth
The video cuts to jihadists speaking directly to the camera with one declaring they destroyed the site because it is 'worshipped instead of God'.
Elsewhere in the clip, ISIS thugs balanced precariously on ladders use a hammer to bang repeatedly on the back of carved faces on the side of the ancient walls until they topple with a crash to the ground.
They are also filmed blasting Kalashnikov rifles at artefacts in the city that was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.
The footage was posted to a militant website frequently used by the terrorist organisation.
ISIS currently controls a swath of land slightly larger than the UK, from Aleppo to central Iraq.
The fanatics claim ancient relics are 'false idols' which promote idolatry that violates their fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic law.
Authorities also believe they have been sold on the black market to fund their atrocities.
In the shocking footage, ISIS thugs batter relics they claim are 'false idols' in the 2,000-year old city of Hatra
A militant takes aim at three religious relics on the side of a historic building in the 2,000-year old city
An ISIS thug hacks away at the side of the historic walls with a hammer, smashing it into pieces as they fall to the ground
In between the shocking acts of destruction, the video pans to two militants speaking and brandishing their fingers directly into the camera
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