Three ISIS fighters 'are killed by rampaging wild BOARS' near Iraqi farmland

• Islamic State militants took Kirkuk in 2014 forcing civilians to flee 
• Thee fighters trying to rid the boars from the farmland were killed  
• Local officials have called for the Iraqi government to rid Kirkuk of ISIS fighters 

Three Islamic State militants trying to rid Iraqi farmland of wild boars infestation were killed, according to an Iraqi news site. ISIS claimed the land in 2014 and regular execute civilians across the region (stock)

Three Islamic State jihadis have reportedly been killed by rampaging wild boars near Iraqi farmland.

The three Islamic State militants were cut down by the feral boar known to inhabit Kirkuk in the the al-Rashad region, a local news site claims.

They attacked the militants and left three killed, Iraqi News reports.

'Islamic State militants took revenge at the pigs that attacked the farmland,' though reports of how the fighters died remain unclear.

Thousands of civilians in the Kirkuk region fled to refugee camps following the Islamic State emergence in 2014.

ISIS continue to hold the land despite calls for the government to engage and force them back.  

However, the Iraqi government is currently locked in a six-month-old campaign to retake Mosul, ISIS's biggest stronghold in Iraq. 

It is expected that the government will launch further offensives against IS havens across Iraq once the campaign in Mosul is won. 

Islamic State militants have regularly executed civilians in Kirkuk over accusations of collaboration with security forces or for attempting to flee to refugee camps.

Iraqis were forced to flee in 2014 following the invasion of Islamic State forces. ISIS continue to hold the land despite calls for the government to engage and force them back.

(The Mail, UK)