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Islamic State monsters are using a new method of torture called 'The Flying Carpet’ to force their prisoners to confess.

The terror group, based largely across Syria and Iraq, has begun strapping their prisoners to a wooden board that has hinges in the middle.

ISIS thugs can then bring the ends of each board together, which bends the spine of their victim.

The sick torture method has been exposed by rebel group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.

One escaped prisoner said: "The ISIS prison wardens would speak continuously of the coming retribution.

"ISIS men would enter, place knives on our necks, and threaten to kill us.

"An ISIS member would occasionally enter carrying a prisoner’s amputated head, promising the others a similar fate."

ISIS thugs have also been using a method of torture which they call "ghost".

Describing the method, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently said in a statement: "The prisoner often loses his ability to move his hands – dislocating his joints.

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"It can also cause damage to the brachial plexus, which are the nerves that control arm and hand moment, usually resulting in permanent disability."

One ex-prisoner to have spoken out is Abu Alnour, who was freed after managing to pay a £33,000 ransom.

He has spoken to Syrian human rights group Sound and Picture about his experiences.

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Mr Alnour said: "I do not want to talk about the beating, the electric shocks and the daily insults, I would rather talk about the young Abdullah who went crazy inside the prison.

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"He was accused of being a former FSA fighter, and he had the biggest share of torture within our group, which consisted of 13 prisoners in a less than eight-square-metre-sized cell.

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"One night we woke up and his voice was screaming.

"We later knew that some of ISIS members entered into the room and put severed head next to him and woke him up and when he saw the head he lost his mind."