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France probes purported ISIS video of children at execution

The 14-minute video entitled In my father's footsteps' was released on Sunday by ISIS.

Paris, France: Prosecutors in Paris have opened an inquiry into a video attributed to the ISIS showing two children, presented as being French, and suggesting they took part in the killing of Syrian prisoners, a judicial source said Monday.

The 14-minute video entitled "In my father's footsteps", which was released on Sunday by ISIS, shows a teenager who says he lived in France and was "the son of a French fighter who died a martyr". There is also another younger boy in the video.

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"Their identities have not been established at this stage and their nationality has not been confirmed," the source close to the inquiry said.

The investigation opened Sunday into possible terrorism-related acts and associations is being conducted by the French intelligence agency and the anti-terrorism unit of the judicial police.

( Source : AFP )
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