ISIS releases footage of Paris attacker pledging allegiance

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ISIS releases footage of Paris attacker pledging allegiance
By Tamar Lapin
May 13, 2018 | 6:04pm

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ISIS released chilling footage on Sunday which they said was of the Paris attacker pledging his allegiance to them.

Video reportedly of Khamzat Azimov, 20, was posted to Twitter showing him wearing a gray parka with the hood up and a scarf covering his mouth and nose.

Twitter users said the terrorist organization disseminated the video via their Amaq propaganda news agency and posted it to their Telegram channel.

“Don’t let yourself be had by the lies of the non-believers,” the man says in French the video, while addressing his “brothers and sisters” in Western countries.

He then addresses those “who fight ISIS, Muslims and Allah,” telling them they’re to blame for terrorist acts.

“You started it by bombing Islamic lands. France, you started it by killing Muslims,” he says. “And when we give you a response you cry. If you want this to stop put pressure on your government, I’m not the first one to tell you. Others like me told you before acting but you refused to listen.”

According to ABC News journalist Mikey Kay, the footage also shows Azimov — a Chechen native who became a French citizen in 2010 – pledging his allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
 
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