A proud father's boast accompanies an image the U.S. secretary of state on Tuesday called "one of the most disturbing, stomach-turning, grotesque photographs ever displayed." "That's my boy," Khaled Sharrouf wrote on Twitter alongside a photo of his 7-year-old son using both hands to hold up a man's severed head. The photo, since removed from Twitter, was reportedly taken in Raqqa, a Syrian city in the stranglehold of Islamic State (IS) militants, where the Australian father has taken his young family to join the fight. Condemnation has been swift and on Tuesday included scathing criticism from Australia's most senior Islamic cleric, Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed.
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Convicted terrorist Khaled Sharrouf causes outrage with image
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Photo posted to Twitter shows son holding severed head
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Sharrouf, an Australian, was sentenced to five years for role in terror plot
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He grew up in Sydney to Lebanese parents, left school early
Born in Australia in February 1981, Sharrouf is the son of @placeholder parents who had a violent relationship with his father and spent most of his youth in and out of local courts.