ISIS Fighter Blown To Pieces By Airstrike While Trying To Pull Out A Flag From The Ground. Photos

ISIS Fighter Blown To Pieces By Airstrike While Trying To Pull Out A Flag From The Ground. Photos - NAIRALEAK

ISIS Fighter Blown To Pieces By Airstrike While Trying To Pull Out A Flag From The Ground. Photos

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A suspected ISIS fanatic was blown up in a massive airstrike - for wrenching an Iraqi flag out of the ground. Aerial footage shows a man walking towards a flag in the desert outside war-torn west Mosul, the front line in the battle between the terror group and government forces.

As he attempts to lift it out of the ground, a huge explosion destroys a truck parked nearby, sending a huge cloud of black smoke into the air.

According to Al Arabiya, which obtained the video, the suspected militant is then targeted in a second strike not shown in the clip.

It is not yet clear when the footage was captured or who exactly launched the strike.

But a source told the website that a jihadist had tried to remove the flag close to an area controlled by the Iraqi Army.

Other militants were afraid to approach his body amid fears they too would be targeted, Al Arabiya reports.