Iraqi fighter jets bomb a store, killing eight people, a doctor says Jonah's tomb is thought to be the burial place of the
prophet Jonah.
ISIS has threatened to
destroy any shrine it
deems un-Islamic.
Jonah's tomb in Mosul,
Iraq, explodes.
The first few frames show the revered shrine towering over its landscape. There's a sudden burst of dust, fire and smoke.
Then, nothing.
CNN could not
immediately confirm the authenticity of the video, which was posted to YouTube.
The holy site is thought to be the burial place of
the prophet Jonah, who was swallowed by a whale or fish in both the Islamic and Judeo-Christian traditions.
Militants belonging to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, planted explosives around the tomb and detonated the explosion remotely Thursday, civil
defense officials there
told CNN.
Last week ISIS ordered every Christian in Mosul to convert, leave, pay tax or die through loud speaker on Friday Mosques.
Mosul is now empty of Christians since first time in History as Christians flees the city.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/24/world/iraq-violence/index.html?sr=fb072514isis0530astory

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