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Obese ISIS Beheader ‘The Bulldozer” Captured In Syria

The Syrian army have captured the 20 stone ISIS executioner dubbed “The Bulldozer.” The obese jihadi once chopped off the arm and leg of a teenager for refusing to enlist with the terror group. He is famous for chopping off the heads of his victims with a three-foot sword and carrying around a five-foot-long, 52kg Browning machine gun. Video shows the terrifying man hand-cuffed and half-naked in the back of a truck, grimacing as he is driven away.

Climber Feels Guilty Over Wife’s Death On Everest

A heartbroken husband has blamed himself for his wife’s death on Everest after leaving her alone on the mountain while he continued climbing the summit. ITV reports: Australian couple Robert Gropel and his wife Maria Strydom were on a joint trip to ascend the mountain when she became ill near the peak. He asked if she would mind waiting while he carried on, not realising that she had developed altitude sickness which would claim her life within hours.

Children Scale 800m Cliff On Way To School In China

Children from an isolated “cliff village” on a mountain top in southwest China have to climb down a 800-meter ladder to get to school. The Atule’er village is home to 72 families whose only route to the outside world are 17 vine ladders attached to the side of a 2,625-foot sheer cliff face.  China Daily reports: Fifteen children regularly use a rattan ladder to scale an 800-meter cliff on their way to and from boarding school every two weeks in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province. The children, aged 6 to 15, belong to 72 families in Atuler village in Zhaojue county.

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