ISIS have tried to justify the beheading of eight alleged informers as 'revenge' for military operations targeting the Islamists in Syria and Iraq in the militants' latest gruesome video. The video contrasts the murders of the eight men, all blindfolded dressed in red jumpsuits, cut with footage of people who apparently have been killed or badly injured in coalition attacks on ISIS-held locations. The men are accused of being informers, engaged in military operations against ISIS. Scroll down for video Murdered: Militants claim the eight men were informers, engaged in military operations against ISIS The slickly edited video - which appears to take inspiration from violent video games, complete with sickening 'player profiles' of each of the doomed men - is thought to have been shot in the Euprhates, which covers Syria and Iraq.Video shows murders of eight men allegedly working against Islamic StateInterspersed with footage of child and man 'killed by coalition forces'Includes sickening video game-like 'player profiles' of each doomed man‘By God we will get our revenge,’ slickly edited video states at one point
The militants have turned to brutal videos like these as a form of propaganda, apparently simultaneously hoping to attract new fighters and spread fear among those working against _.