Civilians die trying to flee Iraq’s besieged Fallujah

AMRIYAT AL-FALLUJAH, Iraq: Civilians desperate to flee Fallujah were having to dodge sniper fire from the Islamic State group, which was keen to keep its “human shields” inside the city as Iraqi forces closed in Monday.

Families who managed to escape told of how IS jihadists opened fire on them as they crossed the Euphrates River on boats and makeshift rafts.