Turkeys trot out a number
IS mastermind’s No 2 seized
BEAK BAND Musical birds A FARMER who feared that his turkeys were getting bored has given them musical instruments.
The birds can keep occupied by pecking at plastic xylophones, tambourines and maracas.
Farm welfare officer Jane Codling, at Traditional Norfolk Poultry in Shropham, Norfolk, said turkeys are very curious.
“They test everything with their beaks, so we like to find things that promote their natural behaviour.” Iraqi soldier in a tunnel in Mosul; above, ISIS slogan on wall ISLAMIC State mastermind Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s deputy was caught cowering in a tunnel under a house in Syria preparing to blow himself up.
Osama Awaid Al-Ibrahim, or Abu Zeid, was hiding in an underground passage with 20 mobile phones, 80 gold ingots and a huge wad of cash.
He surrendered after being talked out by his sister and was arrested by the US-led coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces in Al-Tayyana, east of the Euphrates river.
The former Syrian officer defected in the civil war and joined al-Qaeda, then Islamic State.
It was also reported that Dhef Al-Melash, who served as a public relations officer for the terror group, has been seized. Al-Ibrahim was under a house