ISIS using booby-trapped cows to attack targets in Iraq

Published September 3, 2019 6:27pm ET



Islamic State insurgents are reportedly weaponizing cows in an attempt to target Iraqi forces.

Two cows, strapped with explosive belts, detonated in a village in eastern Iraq on Sunday, injuring one civilian. Militants set the cattle in the direction of a military checkpoint in Diyala province, but Iraqi soldiers opened fire and “blew them up” before they could reach their target, according to a Kurdish news organization.

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