Terrorists strapped grenades to children’s toys in Syria in sickening act of desperation before Aleppo was overrun by government troops
Jihaidis booby-trapped dolls and left them at a wrecked school to be found by soldiers or kids
TERRORISTS in eastern Aleppo stitched grenades to children's dolls in the final days before the city was wrenched back into Syrian government control.
Dozens of booby-trapped toys have been found under the wreckage of the one of the city's buildings — levelled by Russian warplanes and troops loyal to dictator Bashar al-Assad.
While they may have been placed to target soldiers, curious children scouring the rubble of the old school could have easily detonated a deadly bomb.
The IEDs were found by Russian sappers tasked with de-mining the devastated neighbourhoods of the formerly rebel-held district.
The killer dolls were planted by Jabhet Fateh al Sham, the Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria famed for using suicide bombers and bizarre improvised explosives.
In Bustan al Qasr district, Fateh al Sham turned the local school into its headquarters and an arsenal for dozens of mortar shells and bombs.
Since Aleppo was retaken on 22 December three schoolgirls have been killed by explosive devices, according to doctors at al Razi hospital.
In Aleppo at least 20 civilians have been killed by unexploded bombs suddenly going off or IEDs placed by terrorists.
Rebel groups often used homemade weapons, cannons, IEDs and tunnel bombs during the Aleppo siege.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, troops have de-mined over 25,000 bombs so far.
Over 50,000 children have been killed since the Syrian conflict began six years ago.
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