IS TRYING ‘CHICKEN BOMBS’?

LONDON: Islamic State fighters are using birds strapped with explosives to target the enemy, a media report said on Tuesday.

Pictures of the radical group using bomb vests strapped to poultry have emerged on social media.

The report said the birds are encouraged to wander into enemy territory so that the explosive device can be detonated via remote control. However, experts believe the bizarre images could be a sign that IS is running out of supplies.

IS fighters are allegedly trying to make their own bombs using mortar shells, gas canisters and fertilisers as their delivery lines leading to Syria and Iraq have been cut.