WORLD Jihadist threat to Prince George
ISLAMIC State fanatics have made a chilling threat against Prince George saying: “Even the royal family will not be left alone.”
The barbarous extremists reportedly posted a picture of the four- year- old royal on encrypted instant messaging app Telegram with the horrifying message.
A picture of the young royal outside his $ 34,000- a- year school in Battersea, south London, was also reportedly shared on the app along with the school’s address and the comment “school starts early”.
The message allegedly also included words from a jihadi song which translate as, “When war comes with the melody of bullets, we descend on disbelief, desiring retaliation”.
An investigation by British newspaper The Daily Star uncovered the vile messages, and security experts said it was critical to monitor the messaging service. Telegram has been branded a “breeding ground” for terrorists after the IS extremists behind the 2015 Paris attacks used the encrypted messaging app to spread propaganda.
IS also used the app to recruit the perpetrators of the Christmas market attack in Berlin last year and claim credit for the massacre.
Barry Spielman, whose internet surveillance firm Sixgill has been tracking Telegram channels since the start of the year, said: “Now we are seeing explicit threats. It seems that as IS continues to lose ground in Syria and Iraq, it has stepped up its threats to hit the West.”
A spokesman for London’s Metropolitan Police said the force was “aware of online extremist content” but would not comment on Prince George’s specific security arrangements.
It isn’t the first time IS have threatened a member of the royal family.
Just last month, a disturbing extremist video challenged former soldier Prince Harry to fight jihadis.
And Islamic extremists also targeted the Queen in 2014.