SHOCKING: IS release video showing the killings of 11 Christians

A 56-second video produced by The Islamic State's "news agency" Amaq claiming to show the killing of 11 Christians in Nigeria has been released.

The video, which was released on 26 December did not reveal details of the victims, who were all male, but IS says they were "captured in the past weeks" in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno State.

According to analysts, the video was clearly timed to coincide with Christmas celebrations.

IS said it was part of its recently declared campaign to "avenge" the October deaths of its leader and spokesman in Syria.

One captive in the middle is shot dead while the other 10 are pushed to the ground and beheaded.

IS's late leader and spokesman Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Abul-Hasan Al-Muhajir were killed in Syria in late October. Nearly two months later, on 22 December, IS declared a new militant campaign to "avenge" their deaths and has since claimed a flurry of attacks in various countries under the banner of that campaign.

One faction of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram now fights under the banner of "Islamic State West Africa Province" (Iswap).

Last year, Iswap killed two midwives it had previously taken hostage.