’ISIL’ Threatens Revenge on Merkel in German-Language Video

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In what is thought to be "ISIL's" first ever German-language video, militants had sworn to carry out terrorist attacks in Germany and Austria and to seek revenge against Angela Merkel personally for "the blood of Muslims spilled in Afghanistan".

In the newly released five-minute video, two German-speaking "ISIL" extremists call on the European Muslims to join "ISIL" in Syria and Iraq, to wage war in Germany and Austria, and "to slaughter each infidel" in their own houses and "everywhere," Germany's Die Welt reports.

One of the "ISIL" militants also personally addressed the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and threatened to wreak revenge upon her.

The Takfiris said the revenge will be for "the blood of Muslims...spilled in Afghanistan," for Germany's participation in anti-terrorist operations there, and also for the arms shipments to those fighting the "ISIL" Takfiri group.

Having voiced their threats against Merkel, Takfiris in the video executed two hostages, who were reportedly Syrian government soldiers. They shot the kneeled men up.

The two of the Takfiris shown in the video were identified by the German media as Abu Omer al-Almani from Germany and Mohamed Mahmoud, also known as Abu Usamah al-Gharib, an Austrian from Vienna.

Mahmoud had reportedly earlier already served four years in jail in Austria for supporting al-Qaeda, and lived in Germany afterwards, but left the country in 2012 fearing forced deportation. He was later arrested in Turkey and after spending several months in prison, joined "ISIL" in 2014.

650 Germans left the country to join the "ISIL" extremist group, according to an estimate provided by Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière in March.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team