Islamic State: four-year-old British boy 'detonates bomb'
London-born Isa Dare appears to blow up car with three men inside in latest propaganda video

A four-year-old British boy has been filmed apparently detonating a car bomb and killing three men in the latest Islamic State propaganda video.
The boy is believed to be Isa Dare from London, who was taken to Syria by his Nigerian-born mother, Grace, in 2012. It is the second time he has appeared in an IS film.
The film shows Isa standing next to a masked jihadi with his hand apparently on the detonator of a car bomb. "We are going to kill the kuffar [non-believers] over there," the boy says, pointing to three men dressed in orange jumpsuits in a car behind them.
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After the vehicle explodes, Isa shouts: "Allahu Akbar," with his fist raised in the air.
At one point, the man next to Isa, who also speaks with a British accent, addresses Prime Minister David Cameron, saying: "You will never fight us except behind fortified fortresses or behind walls."
He also references the UK's decision to launch air strikes in Syria. "You authorised for your men, thousands of miles away, to push a button to kill our brothers who lived in the West. So today, we're going to kill your spies the same way they helped you kill our brothers."
The man then puts his hand on Isa's head and says: "Prepare your army and gather your nations as we, too, are preparing our army."
The eight-minute video is believed to have been filmed in the terrorist group's de facto capital of Raqqa, in Syria.
Isa's grandfather, Henry, who lives in south-east London, told The Times the young boy had made a plea for help during a phone call home. "Please save me," he said.
Asked if his grandson was aware of what he was saying and doing, Dare replied: "No. He's a kid. He's acting under the influence of Isis guerrillas. He's propaganda."
Haras Rafiq, from the counter-extremism think-tank, the Quilliam Foundation, said the videos represented a "major form of abuse" and estimated that more than 50 children had been taken from the UK to Syria.
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