The Somali extremist group Al Shabaab have released a new video , showing civilians being forced into the sea and murdered in a hail of gunfire . Entitled 'In Remembrance 2 ' , the video show Al-Shabaab coldly executing civilians with machine guns before leaving the bodies to rot on the beach . The chilling video is the second part of a two episode series by Al-Shabaab 's main media branch , al-Kataib Foundation . Scroll down for video . Armed with machine guns , militants from al-Shabaab proceed to callously gun down the desperate prisoners , struggling to stay alive in the sea . The lifeless bodies appear to be left unburied with footage later showing one of the corpses rotting on the sand . The horrific scenes show half a dozen fully clothed civilians being forced into the sea , somewhere on the Somali coast . Al-Shabaab gunmen , armed with machine guns proceed to callously gun down the prisoners in the sea . Videoed from the beach , sporadic gunshot is shown hitting the exposed heads of the struggling victims . The water is shown splashing as the hail of gunfire continues from the beach . Graphic closeup footage of the dead bodies are shown , floating fully clothed in the water . The lifeless bodies appear to be left unburied , with footage later showing one of the corpses rotting on the sand . As they walk past , several of the victims stare into the camera as they are led to their brutal death at the hands of the extremists . Dressed in brightly coloured t-shirts and patterned trousers , the innocent men are forced to form a human chain , holding the waist of the man in front of them . The video show Al-Shabaab coldly executing civilians with machine guns before leaving their bodies to rot on the beach . Al-Shabaab has become well known for its indiscriminate targeting of civilians and government figures , particularly in rural areas of the country . Other scenes show a group of six unarmed young Somali men being led out of a small prison room . Dressed in brightly coloured t-shirts and patterned trousers , the innocent men are forced to form a human chain , holding the waist of the man in front of them . As they walk past , several of the victims stare sorrowfully into the camera , whilst the others look down at their feet . Forced to sit on the sandy beach , crude blindfolds constructed out of their own shirts are applied to the eyes of the prisoners . Forced to put their hands on their heads and walk to the death , a group of young men are shown being led to their deaths . Using a mixture of archive footage from 2009 and film of recent atrocities , the video embodies the brutal extremist approach being carried out by al-Shabaab in Somalia . Several militants , armed with AK 47s can be seen standing guard , watching to make sure the prisoners do not try to escape . Forced to sit on the sandy beach , crude blindfolds constructed out of their own shirts are applied to the eyes of the prisoners . The men are then forced to kneel near the water 's edge . Militants coldly execute the victims with a volley of heavy machine gun fire . The bodies are shown falling into the sea as the terrorists move on to their next victims . All of the victims appear to be young men in their mid 20s . It is unclear how they were captured by the Al Qaeda linked group . The video comes after reports that piracy is making a comeback off the coast of Somalia , following the rise of illegal fishing vessels . Using a mixture of archive footage from 2009 and film of recent atrocities , the video embodies the brutal extremist approach being carried out by al-Shabaab in Somalia . The video comes after reports that piracy is making a comeback off the coast of Somalia , following the rise of illegal fishing vessels . For the first time in three years , a band of pirates successfully seized an Iranian fishing vessel , illegally fishing in the area , according to Alan Cole , UN Drugs and Crime head chief .
Al-Shabaab video shows militants coldly executing civilians with machine guns . Video shows graphic closeup footage of the dead bodies floating in the water . The victims all appear to be young unarmed men , captured near the Somali coast .