It was gathered that a ploy by ISIS to target children from
Shia community was foiled by Iraqi security forces as 18 booby-trapped dolls
which were part of an ISIS bomb plot against Shia pilgrims were reportedly
seized. Security forces discovered the booby-trapped bombs in
al-Husseiniya-a predominantly Shiite suburb in northeastern Baghdad.
The explosives which were hidden inside the hollow bodies of
the doll toys, before dressing them in doll clothes were later dismantled and
destroyed. According to Press TV, the terror group ISIS had planed to
scatter the doll-bombs on the road between Baghdad and Karbala; the same route
which will be used by millions of Shia Muslims during their annual pilgrimage
for Arbaeen next month.
Arbaeen, a Shia religious observation that occurs forty days
after the Day of Ashura to commemorate the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the
grandson of Prophet Mohammed, will be held on December 3.
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