A screengrab of the video picturing a Malaysian believed to be Mohd Faris.
PETALING JAYA: In the 30-second video viewed online, a man in a black-and-gray striped shirt lies sprawled on the untarred ground, a silver watch on his right wrist and black slippers on his feet.
A stream of dark blood runs red from his neck, as his head is severed from his body.
There are bloodstains on the ground nearby, indicating a prolonged struggle and messy death.
The deceased, who was beheaded by an Arab man, is a Syrian whom the Islamic State (IS) claims was a spy for the Assad regime.The gruesome scene is believed to have taken place in an open air street in Syria, with people pushing bicycles and milling around in the daytime hours.
Cries of "Allahu Akbar" fill the air as a smooth-faced man - believed to an Indonesian militant - in a light gray beanie, dusty shoes, cargo pants and long-sleeved sandy camouflage shirt stands over the lifeless body.
The man shouts "Allahu Akbar" to the watching crowd with a satisfied smirk and turns from side to side to brandish the dead man's head.
He clutches the hair on the head's crown and back with both hands, and blood stained his hands in black fingerless gloves.
Another man clad in a long gray overcoat behind him flashes a quick thumbs up sign, as an announcement in Arabic booms in the background.
He then places the dead man's fully bearded head - which is so thoroughly removed it sports no neck and only a fleshy mass of sharp red incline - on the body's slightly exposed stomach.
When it starts to topple to the side, he corrects the position slightly with both hands so the head sits upright without any support.
Some in the crowd conceal everything but their eyes with gray and black wraps, while a bearded man in a flesh-coloured head wrap excitedly shouts an inaudible exclamation.
A few clutch black rifles at their sides, while others wear little but wide grins on their exposed faces.
"Eh, take one picture," said one Malaysian, believed to be 20-year-old Mohd Faris Anuar from Gurun in Kedah.
Clad in cuffed jeans and black shoes with white soles, he crouches on bended knee near the body, his hair covered by the hood of a navy blue windbreaker.
An onlooking woman with long hair smiles at the camera, perhaps in nervousness, before walking away with her paper bags.
"Ah. Video, video. Video! Ah. Want picture, wait for a while," said the other Malaysian handling the camera, believed to be 25-year-old Muhamad Wanndy Muhamad Jedi from Durian Tunggal Malacca.
Faris breaks out into a grin, his left hand pointing upwards while clutching a crinkled muted gold and silver plastic object.
He quickly puts it back down before flashing his right index finger, pulling down his hood for a better picture.
Faris gets up and exits the frame to approach Muhamad Wanndy again, and the scene is obstructed by a passer-by in a dark blue button-down coat as someone in the background steps towards the body and pulls the head away.
The video ends as a figure in a military-fatigue print jackets, also sporting a firearm, stands in front of the body.
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