(AINA) -- On October 5 the Christian residents of Ba'asheeqa and Bahzani, near Mosul in north Iraq, were shocked when they discovered the body of Fadi Shamoon. The 'Aaid Khidir Shamoon family was devastated as they witnessed the body of their 15-years-old son, who was found burned after he was beheaded.

Fadi was kidnapped while he was riding his bike, which his father had given to him as a present, in the 'Ain 'alaq orchards in Ba'asheeqa around 12:00 noon.

His body was treated in the most barbaric way; he was mutilated, burned, and thrown in the Ba'asheeqa-Teez Kharab road in front of al-'Azzawi ranch.

Earlier, Ba'asheeqa mourned another victim, Julian Afram Yacoub, aged 14, when he was hit in the head with a concrete block and then burned.

The murderers have been targeting innocent children, which are forcing many Christians and Yezidis to flee their homes and villages.