The giant device consists of two iron jaws c overed in spikes that are clamped around the victim’s chest causing immense pain. Residents in the beleaguered city say the Al Khansa force tortured the woman after they found nursing her child in the Syrian city’s bus station.
According to a report originally posted at the Christian Post, the young woman was reportedly arrested and tortured for not wearing an approved burqa. But residents say she was found breastfeeding in public.
“I was in the market buying a few items when the Khansa battalion came and arrested me on the grounds that the Niqab which I was wearing did not meet Sharia requirement,” the 24-year-old woman said. “They arrested me and escorted me to the torture chamber. 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.”
The woman also said the torture made her feel like her womanhood has been destroyed and said others have been tortured using the “biter” device as well.
Here’s a picture of a “biter”:
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