Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim boys hold toy swords as they commemorate Ashoura in Baghdad November 4, 2014. More than one million Shi'ite Muslims gathered at shrines and mosques across Iraq on Tuesday for the Ashoura religious ritual with Iraqi security forces on
Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim boys hold toy swords as they commemorate Ashoura in Baghdad November 4, 2014. More than one million Shi'ite Muslims gathered at shrines and mosques across Iraq on Tuesday for the Ashoura religious ritual with Iraqi security forces on alert for any repeat of the attacks that have inflicted mass casualties during past pilgrimages. Security for the event has been tight since suspected al Qaeda suicide bombers and mortar attacks killed 171 people during Ashoura, an event that defines Shi'ism and its rift with Sunni Islam, in Kerbala and Baghdad in 2004. Shi'ites are commemorating the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein at the battle of Kerbala in AD 680. The words visible on the sword read, "Hussein." REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: RELIGION)

From holding decapitated heads chopped off by their father, young Islamic extremists have moved up to doing the execution themselves, a new Islamic State, or IS, video claims. The video, titled Uncovering an Enemy Within, shows a long-haired young IS fighter aiming the gun at two kneeling men identified as Russian spies caught by the group infiltrating the IS, reports USA Today.

The video, which appears to have been deleted by YouTube, was released by SITE Monitoring Service, although its authenticity remains in question. It showed both men admitting they are Russian spies tasked to gather more information on the IS.

Sputnik News identifies them as Jambulat Mamaev and Sergei Ashimov. One said his assignment was to gather intelligence data on one of the IS leader and steal vital information, while the other said he has been tasked to kill a senior IS commander.

"Allah has gifted the Islamic States's security agency with the apprehension of these two spies ... By Allah's grace, they are now in the custody of the lion cubs of the Caliphate," said the boy's companion, an adult IS fighter with a Kalashnikov rifle.

The boy-executioner, who shot the two Russians in the back of the head, has previously appeared in past IS videos showing training of young recruits. He is from Kazakhstan and said in the older video that he wants to kill traitors when he grows up.

The Federal Security Service, or FSB, of Russia did not comment on the video. Sputnik said, however, that the FSB doesn't operate outside of Russia.

While the video is cause for celebration in Syria and Iraq, it has sparked global disgust for the IS again, said Undercover Jihadi author Mubin Sheikh who recalls his experiences when he penetrated terror groups in Canada. It comes when there is heightened global distrust in Islam followers, especially the extremist groups such as IS and al-Qaeda in the aftermath of the Paris Massacre when 12 staffers of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed by gunmen with links to both Middle Eastern groups.

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