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ISIS releases new video threatening UK, shows Paris attack perpetrators

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Last Updated : Jan 26 2016 | 9:48 AM IST

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has released a fresh video threatening an attack on the United Kingdom and also claiming to show the nine Paris attackers before they massacred 130 people on 13 November 2015.

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According to the Guardian, the video shows footage of important sites in London and shots of British Prime Minister David Cameron and speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow. Towards the end of the clip 17-minute clip, the focus shifts to the Paris attackers.

In the video, the nine assailants including Bilal Hadfi, Samy Amimour and suspected ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud are seen carrying out beheadings and participating in target practice.

However, the authenticity of the video has not been verified yet.

"We are currently examining this latest Daesh propaganda video - another desperate move from an appalling terrorist group that is clearly in decline," a UK Government spokesperson said.

The video includes footage of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who was the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks and was killed on 18 November 2015 in a shootout with French police days after the attack.

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First Published: Jan 26 2016 | 7:46 AM IST

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