According to a source who
spoke with The Daily Star Online, a SAS squad was tracking the IS members when
dozens of women and children tried to flee from the extremists.
In what has been described
as a shot in a million, a British marksman in Iraq killed three senior ISIS
terrorists with one shot from a range of 1800m as they were preparing to fire
shots into a crowd of women and children.
When the terrorists ordered
the civilians to stop and pointed a machine gun at the crowd from a
second-storey window, the SAS team decided they had no choice but to open fire
and save the fleeing group.
The marksman saved the day
with his wonder shot taken from a rifle fitted with a suppressor to reduce
noise.
The bullet first struck the
man holding the machine gun in the head then hit a second terrorist in the
chest. It passed through his body, ricocheted off a wall and hit a third man -
who was in the same room - in the neck.
The source said the 'shot
was one in a million' and added that he didn't believe it was planned.
'Alongside the sniper was an SAS spotter, who was watching the target through binoculars,'
he said.
'The whole incident was
over in a flash.' The third man lasted for about 30 seconds before dying, while
the others were killed instantly.
'No one could quite believe
what had happened,' the source added. The SAS team entered the house following
the shooting and confirmed that the three men were dead.
They took fingerprints and
photos of the scene and left by helicopter. The incident took place in November
last year but has only just come to light.
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