Locals recount the day ISIS militants came and blew up Nimrud
Nimrud, the 3000 year old Assyrian palace in Iraq was destroyed by ISIS on a spring day last year. The aftermath looks as if an earthquake struck the place, or a tornado wiped it all out. But it was ISIS bombs that demolished this long history within minutes.
Residents of Nimrud still remember the sound and power of the explosion. ISIS militants destroyed the site, considering it un-Islamic and idolatrous.
People were told to keep their doors and windows open to escape the power of the blast. But many were still damaged some kilometers away.
Iraqi archeological officials say 70 percent of the site has been destroyed and local residents were saddened by the destruction.
Iraqi troops recaptured the place from ISIS in November 2016
Residents of Nimrud still remember the sound and power of the explosion. ISIS militants destroyed the site, considering it un-Islamic and idolatrous.
People were told to keep their doors and windows open to escape the power of the blast. But many were still damaged some kilometers away.
Iraqi archeological officials say 70 percent of the site has been destroyed and local residents were saddened by the destruction.
Iraqi troops recaptured the place from ISIS in November 2016