ISIS planned to use chainsaws to murder Christians in a Belgian shopping center, according to the son of a radical imam.

The UK Mirror reports that the teenager, who cannot be named, is the son of radical imam Shayh Alami from the eastern Belgian city of Verviers - described by Belgian media as "one of the most important breeding grounds for Islamists in Belgium." The boy told cops about the plot after being arrested for appearing in a video in which he walked down a street allegedly calling out in Arabic for the murder of Christians.

In the short video published on the website of the Arabic-language media watchdog MEMRI, the teen can be seen strolling down the streets of Verviers, cursing Christians and praying for their annihilation.

He admitted to police during questioning that ISIS is recruiting people to carry out planned attacks, two of which involved a chainsaw massacre at a shopping center, and one of which involved targeting another imam who was "not radical enough."

Theo Francken, the Belgian Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, has been trying for years to deport the imam and has begun to consider deporting his son as well. "I already signed the order to remove the Imam from Belgian soil. But he appealed the decision, so I can only hope for a quick sentence," Francken said. "Clearly radicalism runs in the family."

The Belgian newspaper "La Derniere Heure reported that over the summer the young man confessed to investigators that ISIS are recruiting lone wolves in Belgium. He allegedly said that jihadists who went to Syria were trying to convince those who stayed at home to launch terror attacks there.

Chainsaws are the hot new item for ISIS executioners, who reportedly used them to slice nine youths in half in a gruesome public execution earlier this month in Mosul.

The teen's lawyer hastened to state that the boy himself is not a suspect in any of the terror plots.