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This shocking video shows the moment a suspected Islamic State fighter blows himself up as he attempts to launch a rocket-propelled grenade against his enemy.

The man, alleged to be a member of ISIS, can be seen on film preparing his weapon while crouching.

Dressed all in black, he stands with the large weapon over his shoulder and pointing out of a large hole in the wall from a previous blast.

But as he takes aim and tries to fire the deadly projectile, it explodes in his hands and the room is covered in smoke and rubble.

The footage, which was uploaded to LiveLeak, cuts away after the explosion.

It is not clear when the video was filmed or in what country.

Earlier this week Anonymous hackers revealed how they are taking on Islamic State online.

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Hacker Deric Lostutter has turned his attention to targeting ISIS extremists.

He's joined in with the 'war' Anonymous declared on ISIS following last month's Paris terror attacks which saw 130 people murdered.

Speaking to Fox, Mr Lostutter - who works in cyber investigation and security - revealed how hackers intend to destroy ISIS.

He said: "Where we’re a structure-less, leaderless organization so to speak, I’m a member, you’re a member, your daughter, your sister, your pastor.

"The fact is, ISIS can recruit people anywhere, and by disrupting their communications, we make that a little bit harder.

"They’re fearless, and that’s the hardest enemy to hurt, is the ones that aren’t afraid of dying."

The method Mr Lostutter uses is setting up a host of fake Twitter accounts that automatically report accounts connected to ISIS and the hashtags regularly used by terror sympathisers on the social network.

This prevents Islamic extremists from being able to groom and recruit users online.