The all-female Al-Khansa has adopted the instrument in their quest to impose strict Sharia law (Picture: File)

The female arm of Isis tortured a woman by impaling her breast with a spiked clamp dubbed ‘The Biter’ after they caught her nursing her child in public.

‘The Biter’, which descriptions suggest is similar to a Medieval torture tool called the ‘Breast Ripper’ or ‘Spider’, is a claw-like device with spikes or ‘teeth’ on the end which was used in the Middle Ages to rip off or shred the breasts of women accused of adultery, abortion or other perceived crimes.

And the Al-Khansa brigade, which is said to include British nationals, has adopted the instrument in their quest to impose strict Sharia law on women in the proclaimed Isis capital of Raqqa, Syria.



Residents in the city say that a woman discovered nursing her child at the city’s bus station screamed in pain as Al-Khansa militants used the device on her, while a second woman, aged 24, said she was tortured for wearing a partially see-through Niqab.


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Descriptions suggest ‘The Biter’ is similar to the Medieval torture tool ‘The Spider’ – pictured here – used to rip off or shred the breasts of women (Picture: File)

‘They arrested me and escorted me to the torture chamber,’ she said.

‘Then they asked me to choose between a whip and a biter. I did not know what a biter was and I thought it is a reduced sentence, I was afraid of whipping, so I choose the biter.

‘Then they brought a sharp object that had a lot of teeth and held me, placing it on my chest and pressing it strongly. I screamed from the pain. They later took me to hospital.

‘I felt then that my femininity had been destroyed completely.’

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