LONDON—London’s mayor says a small child shown threatening non-Muslims in a grisly ISIS video should be taken from his parents if the family ever returns to Britain.
The boy, thought to be 4 or 5, was identified by a man who told Britain’s Channel 4 News that he is his grandfather. The man, whose daughter converted to Islam and moved to Syria with her family, said the boy doesn’t know what he is doing and is being used for propaganda purposes.
The Associated Press isn’t naming the grandfather to avoid identifying the child, who is seen on the video wearing camouflage and saying: “Go kill the kuffar (non-believer) over there!”
London Mayor Boris Johnson said Tuesday that that boy should be placed in foster care.
“This child is a victim of child abuse and he is, as I understand it, a British national,” Johnson said. “I think we have a duty of care.”
British intelligence officials wouldn’t comment on what they call a live anti-terrorism investigation.
