ISIS destroys priceless artifacts while ransacking Mosul museum

ISIS destroys priceless artifacts in a Mosul museum

Islamic State extremists have taken sledgehammers and power drills to a series of 3,000-year-old statues in the Ninevah Museum in Mosul, Iraq, the Daily Mail reports.

A video of the destruction was posted to a Twitter account used by ISIS. An unidentified vandal in the video says the demolition is being done in the name of Muhammad.

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Teresa Mull