ISIS Militants Strap Bomb to 4-Year-Old Boy and Blow Him Up in Northern Iraq: Report

ISIS Militants Strap Bomb to 4-Year-Old Boy and Blow Him Up in Northern Iraq: Report
An ISIS member in a propaganda shot released by the terrorist group.
Jack Phillips
1/6/2016
Updated:
1/6/2016

ISIS extremists parade down a street in Raqqa, Syria, on Jan. 14, 2014. (ISIS Website via AP)
ISIS extremists parade down a street in Raqqa, Syria, on Jan. 14, 2014. (ISIS Website via AP)

Maamouri called on human rights organizations to come “document the crimes of ISIS and to publicize the incident to the international community to condemn its funders and supporters with money and words.”

ISIS, known as ISIL or Daesh, has increasingly relied on child soldiers to do its bidding. The terror group also frequently features children in its propaganda videos and photos. Earlier in 2015, ISIS used a boy who is probably no more than 10 years old in a video that shows him shooting and killing an alleged spy.

Recently, the group released a propaganda video that shows another young boy, who has been described as “Jihadi Junior” by several media outlets, dressed in a military outfit and wearing a bandana.

A child in the video from 2015 (ISIS video screenshot taken by Epoch Times)
A child in the video from 2015 (ISIS video screenshot taken by Epoch Times)

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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