He pleaded with those present and interceded with them, but it was of no avail and his fate was death. Despite what was mentioned that Abd al-Mu'min felt pity for him and interceded for him, the Almohad sheikhs refused, fearing that the cub would become emboldened and repeat the path of his fathers. Abd al-Mu'min bears the sin of his demise as the prince responsible for the events taking place. We can also mention in this context Abd al-Mu'min's killing of his scribe and favored minister, Ibn Attia, merely because he had secretly warned one of his relatives that Abd al-Mu'min intended to arrest him. The prince took him for that and killed him, just as he later killed his close minister Abd al-Salam al-Kummi by sending someone to strangle him. News arrived of the Almohads' extreme violence against the rebels without distinction between a child and an adult, or a man and a woman. Al-Baydaq described what happened in the revolt of the two Mahdis and their followers, and the excessive torture they suffered at the hands of Abd al-Mu'min. Historians mentioned extreme cruelty in suppressing the revolt of Qafsa during the reign of Yaqub al-Mansur. The city then suffered terrible destruction, loss of life, and ruin of property, which Al-Marrakshi described by saying: "Then he entered it by force, and killed its people with a terrible slaughter. I was told that he killed most of them, and ordered its walls to be razed." The news also conveyed extreme cruelty in the conflict that sometimes occurred between the Almohads themselves, especially in the later part of their reign. It often led to a brother killing his brother and a group of his relatives, disregarding religious rules of mercy for children, women, and the weak, and all of them were put to the sword along with the men. The precedent in this matter was set by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, who killed his two brothers and uncle who had initiated a rebellion. See: Al-Marrakshi, Al-Mu'jib, pp. 267-268. See: Al-Baydaq, Akhbar al-Mahdi, p. 141 onwards. See: Al-Marrakshi, Al-Mu'jib, p. 350.