ISIS video claims to show boy executing two men accused of being Russian spies

He stands behind the two men, who are kneeling, and shoots them in the back of the head in a theatrically produced video with slow motion. The boy stands over one of the bodies, fires two more times, and later raises his pistol high.

CNN cannot verify the authenticity of the video, but it appears to be the first time ISIS has shown a child carrying out an execution.

The video’s title is “Uncovering an Enemy Within” and states that “enemies thought that they could dispatch spies and agents to plot against the Islamic State, but Allah disgraced their efforts and thwarted their plans.”

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On January 4, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic, told the news agency Interfax that Russia has an intelligence network within ISIS.

When asked whether there was an ISIS terrorism threat in Chechnya, Kadyrov stated: “There is no threat. We are scaring ourselves with ISIS. Within the ranks of hordes of terrorists, we have a good intelligence network. This allows us to track the movement of those who are of interest to us. Moreover, it allows us to send those who, even as a joke, direct the barrel towards Russia on an eternal trip with a one-way ticket.”

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CNN’s Alla Eschenko and Emma Burrows contributed to this report from Moscow. CNN’s Mohammed Tawfeeq and Salma Abdelaziz also contributed.

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