SRINAGAR:
Hizbul Mujahideen
has released a video purportedly showing terrorists killing a youth, who was alleged to be an Army informer.
The video, which has gone viral on social media, shows terrorists pumping a volley of bullets into Nadeem Manzoor, whose body was recovered on Friday morning.
A resident of Safanagri village of south Kashmir's Shopian district, Manzoor was kidnapped by terrorists on Thursday night.
The terrorist outfit has claimed responsibility for the killing.
In another video shot before his killing, Manzoor, in terrorists' custody, is seen telling them that he informed the Army about the presence of terrorists in his native village.
"I saw the terrorists in the village and when I reached home, I gave a missed call to an Army officer. The officer called me back and I told him that there were terrorists in our village near my home," Manzoor is heard telling the militants.
Hizb terrorist Riyaz Naikoo, in an audio message released along with the video, defended Manzoor's killing, saying he was an informer of the Army.
"Manzoor informed the Army about two terrorists who were then killed in an encounter," Naikoo said, referring to a November 6 gunfight in Safanagri area of Shopian.
Naikoo said the youth had confessed to tipping off the forces due to greed.
"We do not want to kill anyone, but they (informers) are forcing us. We will expose more such videos in the future and traitors will face similar fate," he said.
Naikoo also warned panchs and sarpanches of "justice", saying "they should wait for their turn".