Devout Muslim warn Europeans: ‘We will slaughter you in your own houses!’
‘We will slaughter you in your own houses!’: ISIS fighter with a ‘British’ accent warns of terror attacks in Italy and Turkey as he threatens Donald Trump in menacing video
- ISIS fighter speaking with a British accent appear in jihadi video
- Man warns that ISIS will ‘slaughter’ Westerners in attacks on Europe
- The U.S.-backed coalition has been making headway in retaking Raqqa
A ‘British’ ISIS fighter has proclaimed
that the terrorist organisation are planning new attacks on the West in a
chilling new video which has appeared online.
The short clip shows a young black man
speaking directly to the camera, with what sounds like a British accent,
warning of terrorist attacks in Italy and Turkey, threatening to
‘slaughter’ civilians in their own homes.
The video is believed to have been filmed
in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Islamic State’s self-declared ‘capital’,
during the recent battles between ISIS jihadists and Syrian Democratic
Forces (SDF).
The SDF, backed by a U.S.-led coalition are making headway in their campaign to re-take Raqqa from ISIS.
It shows the ‘British’ man walking up to the camera from his position next to a machine gun.
The man, speaking with a British twang, addresses the U.S. President directly, calling him ‘the new pharaoh’.
‘This is a message to the new pharaoh of today, Donald Trump!
‘You may have your eyes on Raqqa and Mosul
but we have our eyes on Constantinople and Rome,’ he adds, using the
pre-20th Century name for the Turkish capital of Istanbul.
‘Bi Idhn Allah, Bi Idhn Allah [with Allah’s permission]. We will slaughter you in your own houses.’
The man is seen jabbing at the camera with his finger before the video cuts out.
A Kurdish spokesman for the U.S.-led
coalition said today that SDF fighters are on the verge of seizing full
control of the southern neighborhoods of Raqqa, making ‘consistent
gains’ every day.
The SDF launched the U.S.-backed campaign
to seize Raqqa in early June, with SDF fighter advancing from the east
and the west now only separated by a few streets as fighting continued.
Full control of the southern districts
would sever Islamic State’s last remaining path to the Euphrates River
which is to the south of the city.
‘There is a fierce resistance from Daesh
[ISIS], so we can’t determine when exactly we’ll take (full
control). Around 90 percent of the southern neighborhoods are
liberated,’ the official added.
However, the civilians who remain in Raqqa – some 50,000 – are at great risk, The World Health Organisation has warned.
The UN agency said there are critical
shortages of medical supplies in Raqqa, described the situation as
‘particularly worrying’ In an appeal for $20 million to respond to the
crisis.
‘Raqqa’s main hospital and many other
health care facilities have closed due to airstrikes,’ it said. ‘The
facilities that are still functioning face critical shortages of
medicines, supplies and equipment.’
‘Water and electricity are available only
intermittently,’ it said, adding that civilians were unable to move
freely due to travel and security restrictions imposed by IS.
Islamic State has lost large expanses of
territory in Syria over the last year to separate campaigns waged by the
SDF, the Russian-backed Syrian military, and Turkey-backed Syrian
rebels.
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