Report: “The Jordanian pilot was drugged by IS during the gruesome execution”

Moaz al-Kasabeh footage, taken from the IS' video Reuters

Saudi news site repots IS militants admitted drugging Moaz al-Kasabeh in attempt to prevent him from screaming during the execution; “he was almost unconscious,” it was claimed.

Drugged before being burned to death? A report in Saudi media claims Islamic State militants drugged Jordanian fighter pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh before filming the video that shows him being locked in a cage and burned alive.

According to the report, the Jordanian air force pilot, Moaz al-Kasabeh, was filmed being burned to death by the IS militants was under the influence of drugs and unaware of what about to happen. he report claims ISIS militants admitted giving Moaz al-Kasasbeh drugs so that he did not scream as flames consumed his body during his grotesque execution.

The report also cites unspecified 'observers' it says conducted a detailed study of the video, who concluded that that Kasasbeh's 'sensory centres' burned quickly, leaving him unable to feel the pain of the inferno.

“It is important to note that the pilot seemed unconscious and unaware of what awaits him and not, as some have said, that he is not afraid,” the site quotes these observers as saying.

Titled 'Healing the Believers' Chests', the 22-minute film posted last week showed the captured airman locked in a cage before a trail of petrol leading up to its bars is set alight.

Officials believe Kasasbeh had been killed almost one month earlier, despite ISIS attempting to carry out a prisoner exchange in return for the captured pilot.

Jordan has struck back hard following the circulation of the video last week, hitting the militant group's territory with 56 air strikes in three days and executing two ISIS-linked prisoners.