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Would-be bomber details IS training of children

A 2014 car-bombing in Kirkuk

A 2014 car-bombing in Kirkuk Source: AAP

A teenage boy ordered to carry out a suicide attack for the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq before he was arrested has detailed the training he received at an IS camp for children. Speaking from a Kurdish youth centre, he has described how IS fighters taught him to use automatic weapons and promised him rewards in heaven after his death.


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By Hannah Sinclair

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A teenage boy ordered to carry out a suicide attack for the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq before he was arrested has detailed the training he received at an IS camp for children. Speaking from a Kurdish youth centre, he has described how IS fighters taught him to use automatic weapons and promised him rewards in heaven after his death.



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