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Madonna defends son's graphic video

Madonna has defended her son Rocco Ritchie after he posted a graphic video on Instagram which appears to show the execution of children by Islamic State militants.

The 14 year old, whose father is Madonna's ex-husband Guy Ritchie, uploaded the disturbing footage to his account and captioned the clip, "I think if your still being a dick to people, I would stop. We've got a little worse of a problem on our hands here guys."

Ritchie received a slew of criticism for sharing the explicit video, but his superstar mother has now publicly backed her son by posting a picture of the word 'Imagine' to her own Instagram page with the caption, "I applaud my son's desire to express his outrage by posting footage of ISIS on Instagram. Humans are becoming numb to this violent imagery. He is saying our problems are nothing compared to what's going on around the world. Freedom fighting is in his blood. Let's pray for PEACE!"