The Islamic State recently released video of a 12-year-old ISIS fighter executing Nigerian troops, showing the organization’s hold in West Africa is more than “in name only.”
The video, dubbed “Makers of Epic Battles,” showed two bound Nigerian troops being sent to their maker by the armed tween, who belong to the Islamic State’s West Africa Province organization.
Tomasz Rolbiecki, a researcher on the Islamic State, analyzed the video.
“In general, the video is mainly covering the attacks from ISWAP’s spring campaign in northern Borno and Yobe, although there are also clips from southeastern and southwestern parts of Borno state,” he said. “Most of the footage had been published in photo reports long before this video was released. Daesh has been doing it for years. However, there is also some new material.”
