Terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) reportedly burned to death 45 people in the Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi on Tuesday.

Local police have yet to determine the identities of the victims, but they did say some were believed to be part of security forces who have been targeting the Islamic militants.

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The ISIS has reportedly taken over al-Baghdadi last week, a town just several miles away from a U.S. Marines air base.

Local police chief Col. Qasim Obeidi is now seeking aid from the Iraqi government as a compound that houses families of security forces is now under attack.

The Islamic fighters had been trying to take over Al-Baghdadi for months. It houses over 300 U.S. Marines who are training Iraqi security forces.

Al-Baghdadi has been one of the few towns in the district still under the control of the Iraqi government. But last Thursday, the town fell on ISIS' hands.

This is the second case of the ISIS burning people to death this year. Earlier this month, the militants released a video of a Jordanian pilot Moath ak-Kasasbeh being burned alive while locked in a cage.

Al-Kasasbeh was captured by the ISIS last year after his plane crashed in Syria. He was among those who participated in U.S.-led airstrikes against the militant group. 

Just this week, ISIS again released a video purportedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians. This sparked global outrage including a statement from Pope Francis, who branded the killings as "barbaric".

The Pope even went as far as calling the Coptic pope to say that he shares the pain caused by the barbaric murder of the Egyptian Christians.

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