Islamic State says it has beheaded Russian agent
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BEIRUT—The Islamic State group said it has beheaded a Russian agent who had infiltrated its ranks as a fighter to spy on the militant group, a claim that Moscow denied on Tuesday.
A gruesome video released late Monday purports to show the man, described as a captain in a Russian intelligence department that spies on "terrorists." His name was only given in Arabic.
The video showed the alleged spy being interrogated by a masked man, at which point he says he was sent to Syria to spy on top militant commander Omar al-Shishani, who was killed last year in a US airstrike. The video later shows him being killed in the desert.
