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A jihadi was seemingly blown up when a mortar apparently landed on him while he was filming a suspected propaganda video.

A viral clip shows the unfortunate extremist - believed to belong to Islamic militant group Ajnad al-Sham - spouting hate just seconds before he is swallowed by a huge fireball.

He tries to duck but cannot escape the shell which lands just behind him and he disappears in a plume of thick smoke.

Cameraman Ahmed Abu Hamza was also killed in the incident, according to reports.

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The video shows the bearded man looking relaxed as he talks to the camera while standing in a trench.

But he starts staring at the sky as a mortar can be heard screeching through the air before smashing into the ground.

Screams are then heard after the explosion before the camera turns black.

Nearly 200,000 people have watched the footage which was uploaded onto the internet.

It is not known when the video, which appears to be filmed in the Syrian desert, was recorded.