 |
| Roman Zabolotny, 39, and Grigory Tsurkanu, 38, were fighting for a private Russian mercenary force in Syria when they were captured by and slaughtered by Islamist terrorists ISIS recently. Photo: East2West News |
Two Russian mercenaries who were slaughtered by The Islamic State of Iraq, ISIS, Islamist terrorists after they refused to to be filmed rejecting their Christian faith and converting to Islam have been remembered as martyrs by the Russian Orthodox Church.
Accoeding the Mail Online, 39-year-old Roman Zabolotny and 38-year-old Grigory Tsurkan were said to be fighting for a private Russian mercenary force in Syria when they were captured by Islamist terrorists few weeks ago.
Zabolotny was reported to have been a devout Orthodox Christian who went to Syria in order to protect Christians from Islamist terrorists. The Russian Orthodox Church last week declared them to be martyrs.
Also Read: ISIS Behead And Bury 21 Christians in Libya
A Senior Russian MP Viktor Vodolatsky said "the two men appeared in a video released by ISIS terrorists' news outlet, Amak, in which they are shown in a jihadist vehicle, their legs bound by rope and hands tied behind their backs. The pair were executed the same day the video was made in a town square."
"It is very sad but 99 per cent Roman Zabolotny is not alive, nor is the second prisoner," Vodolatsky said. "Before filming that video they were given a statement which they had to read.
"In this text they would reject their Orthodox religion, reject their motherland, become Muslim and join ISIS. They stayed loyal to the Orthodox faith and their Motherland until the very end, and this is what they were killed by those gangsters for," he added.
A Russian group had offered to pay $1 million to ISIS for each of the men if they were freed.
No comments:
Post a Comment