The former ISIS ‘Prince of Police’ has claimed that he ‘did nothing wrong’ and tried his best to limit the brutal amputations and executions carried out by the extremist group in Raqqa.
Abu Saqr also insisted that he is innocent and took a number of risks to show leniency to ISIS prisoners.
The former ISIS official said that he ‘helped a lot of people’ but also warned that the extremist group was far from finished and had established a new base in Libya.
Islamic State’s former ‘Prince of Police’ in Raqqa, Abu Saqr (pictured) claims that he was lenient despite serving as an enforcer of punishments
Abu Saqr appeared in the video which started with the moment ISIS chopped off a man’s hand.
The former police chief told Sky News that he had ordered many of the amputations but pleaded his innocence.
He was dressed in western clothes, had trimmed his beard and was enjoying a cigarette – luxuries that were forbidden to him while he carried out a number of bureaucratic ISIS jobs.
The former ISIS official admitted to carrying out executions and amputations but says that he was forces to because of strict chiefs
He is now looking for a new life and said of his time as the ‘Prince of Police’: ‘There was nothing I could do. I was powerless. I did what I could.’
He insisted that he took a number of risks by being more lenient than his bosses wanted him to be.
Saqr was in charge of prosecutions and claimed that he always pushed for less severe punishments.
The former police chief can be seen after he had cut his hair and beard as he tries to distance himself from the extremist group
He highlighted a case where a boy of 14 was caught robbing a house.
He was sentenced to arm amputation and Saqr said that while he felt guilty, it was impossible to stop it happening.
The former police chief explained how 14 year old boys are tried as men under Sharia law.
However, Saqr insisted that he was well loved by the people because of his leniency.
He said: ‘I didn’t do harm to anyone. The people loved me. But for now, I have to disappear. A lot of people are angry with ISIS and we are afraid of reactions.
‘I ignored and helped a lot of people. It was better just to make it easier for people.’
Saqr was in charge of prosecutions and claimed that he always pushed for less severe punishments, insisting that he was lenient
However, Saqr also claimed that ISIS had moved to Libya, claiming the group has ‘many cells there’.
He made the claims after insisting that the celebrations from the Syrian Democratic Forces after reclaiming Raqqa were premature.
He claimed that most ISIS leaders had left the city when it fell.
He said: ‘There was very few left in Raqqa by the end. Only the foreign fighters were left behind.
‘They had nowhere to go and were there to the death. Everyone else mostly left.’
The former ‘Prince of Police’ went on to say that Libya is ISIS’s gate to Europe.