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An SAS sniper took out five ISIS jihadis with just three rounds before they were able to launch a sickening suicide bomb attack.

The SAS veteran fired a trio of well-placed bullets from 800 metres away, taking them out as they left a bomb factory near Mosul, an ISIS stronghold in Iraq.

He opened fire after they were seen leaving in heavy coats in hot weather - a sign they were concealing explosive vests.

His first bullet hit a jihadi in the chest, sparking an explosion that killed the terrorist and two Islamic State guards.

The second bomber fell to a headshot, while the third was hit as he tried to get back into the bomb factory.

An Army source told the Express: "This was a classic SAS mission.

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"About three weeks ago the intelligence guys got information that a bomb factory had been set up in a nearby village.

"With just three well-aimed shots that single team has probably saved the lives of hundreds of innocent people."

In August a British sniper saved a man and his eight-year-old son from certain death at the hands of ISIS after shooting dead the man who was about to execute him.

He shot the would-be executioner in the head from a range of 1,000m before taking out three other terrorists.

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The father and son, who belonged to the Shia sect whom Isis regard as infidels, were going to be killed because they refused to renounce their faith.

The British snipers had been tipped off by an Iraqi spy and were on the scene in northern Syria close to the Turkish border in time to prevent the killings.

Several headless bodies were lying on the floor when the special forces troops arrived, as Isis militants carried out rigged trials of locals while their friends and family were forced to look on.

As the marksmen watched from a distance the man and the young boy were dragged out blindfolded as a man with a beard and a long knife addressed the terrified crowd.

It was then that the SAS marksman, using a .50 calibre sniper rifle fitted with a silencer, killed the executioner.