ISLAMIC State raped four Iraqi women before stoning them to death for ‘committing adultery’, according to local news reports.

The jihadis arrested the victims after they claimed to have caught them in the act.

At an ISIS-led sharia court they were sentenced to death by stoning, without the court mentioning any details of the men they had reportedly had sex with.

Media activist Abdullah al-Malla told ARA News: “The four women were most likely exposed to sexual abuse at the hands of ISIS militants before being driven out of their homes and transferred to the Sharia Court.

“Apparently, the victims have been raped by ISIS jihadis and then stoned to death on charges of committing adultery.”

And Nineveh media centre spokesman Raafat Zarari told ARA News: “The jihadis claimed to have captured the women while committing adultery.

“The four women were stoned to death in front of a large crowd of people in central Mosul.”

Under sharia law, married men or women who commit adultery can be stoned to death.

Those who are not married can expect a punishment of being flogged.