ISIS has a new target and is killing kids with Down Syndrome (pics vid)

ISIS wants to kill kids with Down syndrome, says activist group Mosul Eye, while warning that any handicapped child is at risk. Islamic State militants have reportedly issued a religious decree to members authorizing them to kill newborn babies with Down syndrome. Unverified reports declare that 38 babies have already been killed since the oral fatwa was issued.

It is believed that the fatwa was issued by Saudi judge Abu Said Aljazrawi and that a child as young as a week of age has already been killed.

The authenticity of a video issued has yet to be verified, however other ISIS watchers believe that the decree is in line with ISIS killings that resemble those carried out by the Nazi regime that struck against Jews, homosexuals, communists and the disabled among others. Like the German Nazis, ISIS targets certain groups of people.

Militants have reportedly been ordered to “kill newborn babies with Down syndrome and congenital deformities and disabled children”. Picture: Screengrab/Mosul Eye.

One of the disabled children shown in the video released by Mosul Eye. Picture: Screengrab.

Islamic State has used propaganda to recruit children.

A young boy can be seen taking part in a mock fight on a video at an Islamic State training camp.

A boy takes aim at the shackled prisoner before he is shot dead during the deadly hide-and-seek game.

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