This is the dramatic moment a Syrian boy escaped from Isis
- by volunteering as a suicide bomber and then handing himself in at the
mosque he was meant to blow up.
Usaid Barho had a bomb vest strapped to his body before
travelling to a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad, Iraq where he was supposed to
detonate the explosive device.But rather than killing himself and countless others, he
took the brave decision to defy his orders by unzipping his jacket and handing
himself in to guards standing nearby. He had reportedly walked up to the gates
of the mosque in the Bayaa district of Baghdad before telling guards he did not
want to blow himself up.
The New York Times reports how Usaid had dreamed of
becoming a doctor before he said he was recruited by Isis extremists in his
hometown of Manbij, Syria.He joined because he 'believed in Islam' but soon became
disillusioned and was told that if he did not fight, Shi'ites would rape his
mother.The New York Times quotes him as saying: 'They seduced us to
join the caliphate.They planted the idea that Shi'ites are infidels and we had
to kill them.' The newspaper describes how he was taken to a training camp
before being given a choice of becoming a fighter or a suicide bomber. He chose
the latter hoping he could immediately surrender.
The teenager reportedly said: 'I raised my hand to be a
suicide bomber.'If I were a fighter and tried to surrender to security
forces they might kill me, with my gun in my hand.'Usaid was reportedly transferred from one Isis operative to
another as he made his journey towards the mosque before he was finally given
his target and informed of his target. Via.daily mail
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