Islamic State, ISIS, has threatened to intensify attacks on France, in a new videos released through their media outlets.
The jihadist group, called on its supporters to take inspiration from their “soldier” Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, who killed 84 people in Nice, France, on 14 July by ramming a 19-tonne lorry into the crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the city.
In the propaganda videos released by Isis-run media outlet Wilayat Nineveh, two French-speaking Isis fighters are seen addressing French President Francois Hollande.
They threaten the president saying they will “intensify” their attacks in the country and that the Nice truck attack was a proof of their strength.
They are then seen beheading two men, claiming that they are Iraqi Shiite soldiers captured in recent operations in Nineveh Province.
The video also shows locals saying that the Nice attack was expected and the people there “had it coming to them for bombing our homes.” Isis had claimed responsibility for the Bastille Day attack two days later, saying that the truck driver, who was shot dead following the rampage, was “one of our soldiers”.
France, an ally of the US-led coalition conducting air strikes against ISIS, has been a prime target of the terror outfit.
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