Islamic State militants reached a new low by reportedly beheading two women in Syria, says the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The women were executed after accused of ‘witchcraft and sorcery’ along with their husbands in the Deir al-Zor province over the last two days.

“The Islamic State group executed two women by beheading them in Deir Ezzor province and this is the first time the Observatory has documented women being killed by the gruop in this manner,” said the Observatory chief Abdel Rahmen. Women have been stoned after allegations of adultery, but this was the first time that they received a punishment usually given to men.

In the past year ISIS has executed more than 3,000 people in Syria, not sparing women and 74 children.