The female suicide bomber was seen carrying a baby shortly before she died (Picture: Al-Mawsleya TV)

A female suicide bomber has been pictured carrying her baby moments before detonating a bomb that killed them both in Mosul.

Shortly after the picture was taken the mother, who is holding the baby in her arms, detonated the bomb she was carrying as she walked past Iraqi troops in the soon-to-be liberated city.

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The woman was walking past the soldiers with a group of fleeing civilians in a part of the city that has recently been freed from ISIS.

The bomb failed to go off as she walked past the troops, detonating some distance away instead, killing herself, her child and injuring several others.




ISIS have been left occupying just 600 square metres with around 200 fighters and suicide bombers hidden with the ancient city.

She is thought to have been carrying a device in her bag (Picture: Al-Mawsleya TV)

More than 20 female suicide bombers have detonated belts in the last two weeks

Lieutenant General Sami al-Aridi, of the Iraqi Army, said: ‘The women are fighting with their children right beside them.

‘It’s making us hesitant to use air strikes, to advance. If it weren’t for this we could be finished in just a few hours.’

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