The death of an ISIS fighter... seen through his own eyes

23.06.2015 14:30

This is the shocking moment an Islamic State fighter inadvertently captures his own death while recording a firefight on his body camera.

The dramatic footage shows the jihadi firing an AK-47 machine gun while frantically running between abandoned buildings in a battle with the Iraqi military.

At one point, he or a fellow insurgent can be heard screaming 'Allah Akbar!' – God is greatest.

But he commits a fatal error by stepping out from behind a wall of sandbags and is promptly shot dead by a sniper.

Moments before he is struck by the bullet, the camera flashes towards a building where a gunman, believed to his killer, appears to be pointing his weapon directly at him.

A shot can be heard and the camera topples sideways a split second later.

The footage ends with the camera pointing towards the sun as the militant collapses on the ground and his breathing stops.

Battlefield footage obtained by fighters wearing body cameras has been an increasingly common propaganda tool on jihadi social media pages.

Fighters for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula attacked a bus and knifed a number of Yemeni army soldiers in August 2014.

The horrific crime was filmed by the terrorists who were wearing head cameras to provide close up footage of the massacre.

Similarly the final moments of dying jihadis are regularly circulated online with the aim of promoting the idea that their death will lead them to obtain martyrdom and allow them to become green birds in paradise.

The latest video, which was published by LiveLeak, is believed to have been taken in the city of Ramadi which fell to ISIS last month in a humiliating defeat for the Iraqi government.

The capture of the provincial capital of Anbar marked the terror group's most significant advance since a US-led coalition began an air campaign against the extremists last year.

The footage emerged as gunmen in speeding cars opened fire on a vehicle transporting Iraqi Interior Ministry officials in Baghdad today, killing two officers, police and medics said.

(dailymail.co.uk)