Three Islamic State militants setting up an ambush in an area of northern Iraq were killed by a herd of wild boars, local leaders say.
The militants had taken cover in a bed of reeds near fields in the Hamrin mountains, about 55 miles southwest of Kirkuk, when they were attacked by the animals on Sunday, a local sheikh told The Times.
So as ISIS prepped its revenge, wild boars had a different idea.
It is understood the boars went on a frenzied rampage near farmland in al-Rashad region, 53km south of Kirkuk.
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ISIS fighters have frequently executed civilians in the Kirkuk area for attempting to help security forces or flee to refugee camps in a nearby region. Rather than possibly attempting ambush the Kurds, Jelal said they may have been attempting to defect from ISIS instead, as they were near a Kurdish checkpoint. These tribesmen had fled to nearby mountains to seek refuge after ISIS militants were able to take over the town of Hawija three years ago.
According to the report, the three fighters were part of an IS detachment planning to attack local anti-jihadist tribal forces.
The Iraqi government is under increasing pressure to get rid of the Isis stronghold, but it will not have the resources to do so until it retakes Mosul, the Islamic State's biggest stronghold in the country.
"This will not be ISIS's last massacre against citizens", he is quoted as saying.
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