A sickening new ISIS propaganda video has emerged showing children forced to hunt prisoners through an abandoned building before shooting them dead.
In the footage, released by ISIS’s Al Hayat News Agency, the so-called ‘cubs of the caliphate’ can be seen taking part in what seem to be standard military drills.
The children, who do not appear to be older than 10 or 11, move room-to-room while wielding handguns, checking each space is clear before moving on.
But while most soldiers carry out these drills using wooden targets, ISIS has forced the youngsters to hunt down living human prisoners.
Handcuffed and terrified, the captives can be seen fleeing from the youngsters before being cornered.Their final moments are captured in gruesome detail – begging for their lives and screaming in pain, according to Sky News.
One by one all of the prisoners are then shot dead.Children often feature in ISIS propaganda videos, which are professionally produced by skilled teams to ensure maximum impact.
Partly this is because the terrorists know children have the greatest shock value and will therefore spread their message the furthest. Showing fighters indoctrinating the next generation of jihadis also reinforces ISIS’s claim to be a functioning country and gives the organisation a sense of permanence.