Daesh terrorists have issued a chilling threat to attack the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Mirror reported on Tuesday.

They have swamped social media with an image of a rifle-carrying terrorist and a bomb bearing the regime’s infamous black flag.

It stands in front of Volgograd Arena in Southern Russia football stadium.

An official symbol of the finals is also included in the alarming promise to bring mayhem to the tournament.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be played across 11 cities in Russia from 14 June to 15 July, when the final will be played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

Tens of thousands of England fans are expected to base themselves in St Petersburg for the month-long finals.

Russia’s second largest city was scene of an horrific Daesh attack when a briefcase bomb detonated on the underground in April, killing 14 people.

The blast was in retaliation to Russia’s airstrikes in Syria that have helped bring the regime to its knees.

Thousands of Russians from mainly central Asia have travelled to the Middle East to fight for Daesh. Experts in Moscow believe around 2,400 joined the regime in 2015 alone.

Islamic extremism is a concern for Putin, said Ian Brzezinski, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

"Despite his government's defence doctrines stating that the US and NATO is Russia's greatest threat, I have always felt that Putin regards Islamic extremism to be the most immediate threat," Brzezinski said.

Source: MENA