A branch of the Islamic State has reportedly released footage of a 12-year-old executing two Nigerian soldiers.
The terrorist group released footage of a 12-year-old member of the Islamic State in West Africa Province killing two Nigerian soldiers in a video titled “Makers of Epic Battles.” Tomasz Rolbiecki, a researcher of ISIS and its worldwide tactics, noted that the 17-minute-long video depicts the attacks from ISWAP’s spring campaign, which erupted in northern Borno and Yobe, two states in Nigeria.
“There are no words to describe how awful it is,” tweeted Rolbiecki.
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Large portions of the execution footage has been published in previous photo reports, though not the video in its entirety.
The footage also revealed additional details about the organization’s growing weapon supply — the video confirmed that ISWAP had acquired a Mowag Piranha APC.
“Terrorist groups such as ISWAP have killed tens of thousands of Christians in Nigeria and displaced millions in an attempt to discard western influence and impose strict Islamic Sharia law,” a spokesperson for the persecution watchdog International Christian Concern said in a press release.
“ISWAP often tries to radicalize those whom they have taken captive,” continued ICC’s spokesperson. “If they are unable to, they may use them as slaves, suicide bombers, or ransom them back to family and friends. Often, those who are taken do not ever return to their homes or families.”
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ISWAP split apart from the main Boko Haram group in 2016 and has become a dominant force in recent years.
Last week, Nigeria’s Army claimed that it had killed ISWAP’s leader, Malam Bako. Bako was reportedly killed just two weeks after the former head, Abu Musab al Barnawi, had died. However, the Sahara Reporter notes that the Nigerian Army has “repeatedly claimed that the [Boko Haram/ISWAP] insurgency had been largely defeated and frequently underplays any losses.”
