A week after the Islamic State claimed responsibility for suicide bombing in Brussels that killed 31 people, the terrorist group issued a chilling call on social media for similar attacks in Germany.
An official Islamic State media wing, al-Furat, began distributing digitally altered images late Wednesday showing the German chancellor’s office engulfed in flames and a jihadi standing in front of the Cologne Bonn International Airport in Western Germany, Vocativ reported.
“Do what your brothers in Belgium did!” a German caption on the airport photo says.Â
The image of the chancellor’s office shows a masked militant, a tank and an Islamic State flag waving next to the building. “Germany is a battlefield,” it says, Vocativ reported.
Supporters of the extremist group shared the photos on Twitter and messaging app Telegram with hashtags #KhilafahDE and #CaliphateGermany.
The propaganda campaign also included digitally altered photos of a beheading, a German flag on fire and bloody faces of children, according to Vocativ.
The images are the latest in a string of propaganda videos and photos released following the terrorist attacks on the Brussels airport and subway system last week.
• Kellan Howell can be reached at khowell@washingtontimes.com.
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