[RFE/RL] A child militant who appeared in a video appearing to shoot an alleged Iraqi spy in the head has been killed in an air strike, Daesh social media accounts say.No great loss.
The boy, who appears to be in his early teens, was featured in a video titled "The Harvest Of The Spies" that was released in early May. He is shown loading a handgun and forcing a captive to kneel.
The youth then vows to take revenge on United States, Russia, and Europe before raising his gun and apparently shooting the captive several times in the head. However, the young militant does not appear in the same frame when the shots are fired, so it is unclear whether he actually killed the captive.
Reports that the boy had been killed began to appear on Russian and English pro-Daesh accounts on August 2.
The teen was identified as Abu Umar Caucas in some reports and as Abu Umar Daghestani in others. Another clue could link him with a group of North Caucasian militants fighting alongside Daesh. In the video, the child is wearing a black hat with the Thermoform logo clearly visible. Photographs of a number of North Caucasian Daesj militants, including the notorious Daesh commander Umar al-Shishani, wearing Thermoform hats have circulated on pro-Daesh social media accounts.