Iraqi
soldier was brought to tears after uncovering the remains of a tiny girl
murdered by ISIS.
The body was
found in a mass grave of some victims most of them children in Mosul, northern Iraq, after an area of the besieged city was
seized back off the terror group.
pictures
show the unknown youngster wrapped in a blanket and a soldier overcome with
grief next to the burial site. see more pics below
The images
highlight the horrific reality of ISIS rule in the war-torn city where mass
executions of civilians are carried out even for the 'crime' of trying to flee
to a safer area.
Pictures
show the bodies of adults and children covered with blankets next to a shallow
grave in a remote patch of land about 100ft from a road.
They
emerged as Iraqi government forces attempted to encircle Mosul's Old City
on Thursday in a bid to bottle up ISIS militants.
The
army and security forces have made significant gains in recent days in the
battle that started back in October, seizing a main bridge over the Tigris river
and advancing towards the mosque in the Old City from where ISIS leader Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a caliphate in 2014.
'We have a plan to surround the Old City.
Today we have advanced from the right and left sides and the only part left is
right in the middle. God willing we will continue this plan today,' Federal
Police Major General Haidar Dhirgham said.
'I
expect the liberation of Mosul completely in one month. I will not tell you one
or two weeks, because that's not true, but within one or two months it will be
completely liberated,' Dhirgham told Reuters.
Several more
areas of western Mosul had been recaptured, including the hospital, over
Wednesday and Thursday morning.
Suicide
bombers were driving explosive-rigged cars at troops.
There
had been three such attacks on Thursday morning, he said. Troops has also
seized buildings in which suicide vehicles were being prepared.
photo: AP
SOURCE: mail online
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