Isis fighters blown up by their own landmine in Iraq, Kurdish fighters claim
Isis militants have been killed by their own roadside bomb in Iraq, Kurdish fighters have claimed.A convoy of fighters from the so-called Islamic State were reportedly travelling near the northern town of Makhmour when one of their vehicles was blown up on Thursday.
Ali Hussain, a Peshmerga commander in the region, told Kurdish news agency Rudaw: “A mine had been planted by Isis troops in previous battles in the village of Kharbadan to target the Peshmerga (but) the vice versa happened, killing two of the group’s local leaders on the front.
“One of the slain emirs (leaders) was the group’s administrator in the area named Abu Malik, and the other one named Abu Abdul-aziz.”
The report could not be independently verified.