Iraqi man is 'gunned down by a sniper for accepting water from troops' as ISIS unleashes deadly female crackshots in its bid to defend Mosul
- Shocking images show Iraqi man purportedly in crosshairs of an ISIS marksman
- Iraqi Army says he was shot dead for accepting water from government troops
- Comes as ISIS deployed feared al-Khansaa battalion of female snipers in Mosul
An Iraqi man was gunned down by an ISIS sniper for accepting water from government troops, it has been claimed.
Shocking pictures show the victim in the marksman's crosshairs moments after he had picked up plastic bottles from the back of a truck.
The Iraqi Army, which shared the images on its Twitter account, say the man was then shot dead. It is not yet clear where or when the pictures were taken, but government forces say they were originally released by ISIS.
It comes as it was claimed the terror group is deploying feared female snipers in a bid to defend its Mosul stronghold from advancing Iraqi forces.
An Iraqi man was gunned down by an ISIS sniper for accepting water from government troops, it has been claimed. Shocking pictures show the victim in the marksman's crosshairs (above) moments after he had picked up plastic bottles from the back of a truck
The Iraqi Army, which shared the images on its Twitter account, say the man was then shot dead
Members of the notorious al-Khansaa unit are said to have been stationed on tall buildings in and around the war-torn city tasked with shooting government soldiers.
According to Iraqi News, the women's battalion has been stationed in western Mosul - the deadly front line in moves to sweep the terror group out of Iraq.
ISIS has used increasingly desperate tactics in its bid to defend Mosul, its last major stronghold in Iraq.
Government forces have been closing in on the remaining outposts held by jihadists in recent weeks.
The terror group is deploying feared female snipers in a bid to defend its Mosul stronghold from advancing Iraqi forces, it has been claimed (file picture)
They have been evacuating civilians as they fight to seize Mosul, once the hardline Sunni militant group's main urban stronghold in Iraq and now the scene of a six-month-old battle.
But some families refuse to go, shrugging off the danger of a mortar fired two blocks away or a counter-attack from the militants who move around at night.
Almost 300,000 people have fled Mosul since the government offensive to recapture the city began in October, according to the United Nations.
U.S. officials estimated about 2,000 fighters were still in Mosul in February at the start of the second phase of the campaign, to dislodge them from western sector.
Iraqi forces have been edging closer to al-Nuri Mosque - some 300 meters away - where ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed a caliphate nearly three years ago across territory controlled by the group in both Iraq and Syria.
But the front has hardly moved in past two weeks as Humvees or tanks are of no use in the Old City.
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