ISIS using human shields to counter attacks by Iraq military

The battle for Fallujah is on and ISIS is making use of human shields to counter the Iraqi attacks. As per UNHCR, 'several hundred' innocent families lie trapped in the center of trying to retain hold of Islamic State's Iraqi hub of Fallujah. They have resorted to using human shields and the United Nations refugee agency has termed it as a 'human catastrophe'.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 31 May 2016.

Spokesman of UNHCR has informed that nearly 50,000 people remained trapped. It seems the ISIS are locking some families down inside the hospital building. They are instilling fear in their minds by saying that the army and militia are coming to kill them. ISIS fighters have even resorted to distributing some sweets among the kids in an effort to win them over - ISIS probably understand for the first time that the net is closing around them and that the end is close.
The trapped people are facing lack of food, medicine, safe drinking water and electricity in the city and these were pushing them to the brink of desperation. The ISIS militants are using tunnels and deploying snipers.


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