Kurd fighters killed and French special forces soldiers badly hurt by ISIS drone packed with explosives
It is believed to be the first time French soldiers have been hit with a drone bomb
A PAIR of Kurd fighters were killed and two French special forces soldiers badly injured when ISIS used a DRONE packed with explosives to attack them, it has been reported.
The French task force is fighting alongside Peshmerga in Erbil - the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan - for the last two years, Le Monde reported.
The two soldiers involved belong to the CPA-10 based in Orleans -Bricy. They were rushed to a military hospital at Percy- Clamart and one of them is in a life-threatening condition.
Earlier this year it was reported that twisted ISIS jihadis are using off-the-shelf drones to carry makeshift bombs – sparking fears they will be used to attack Britain.
Foreign Office minister Baroness Anelay said there was growing proof that Daesh militants are converting the popular toys into weapons in their Middle East heartlands.
A NATO chemical weapons expert also claimed the killer drones could be fitted with World War I mustard gas.
She said: “The Government has evidence that Daesh has used small, commercially available unmanned aerial vehicles in Syria and Iraq to extend their surveillance capability, produce propaganda material and carry small improvised explosive devices.”
It triggered calls for tough new controls on drones which are widely available on the High Street – such as automatic “off switches” if they approach key landmarks or sensitive sites.
Admiral Lord West, former head of the Navy and ex-security minister warned that without extra curbs militants could use them to launch an attack here.
He said: “If they are using them there, then in fact they are probably even easier to use them here because you can get them so much easier.