'British' boy kills prisoner in Islamic State video

The Islamic State has released a video featuring a child, purportedly British, appearing to execute a prisoner.

An Islamic State militant waves his group's flag

File photo: An IS militant waves his group's flag. Source: AAP

The video shows five boys standing in front of five men in orange jumpsuits and the boy captioned as Abu Abdullah al-Britani (the Briton) appears Caucasian.

A child captioned Abu al-Bara al-Tunisi (the Tunisian) addresses the men, apparently Kurdish fighters, promising more violence, according to the BBC.

The other children are said to be Abu Ishaq al-Masri (the Egyptian), Abu Fu'ad al-Kurdi (the Kurd) and Yusuf al-Uzbaki (the Uzbek).

The identity of the child said to be British has not been verified.

Children have featured prominently in IS propaganda.

In February, IS released a video purportedly showing a four-year-old British boy blowing up a car and killing three prisoners inside.

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Published 27 August 2016 4:41pm
Updated 27 August 2016 5:53pm


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