Via Telegraph:

Kurdish fighters have captured on camera the moment when what appears to be an Islamic State suicide bomber’s car is thrown into the sky and explodes in mid-air.

The video, posted by a Kurdish activist to the Liveleak website, shows a massive explosion on a road several hundreds yards away from where the shots are filmed.

Above the smoke, the clear shape of a car can be seen, tumbling in mid-air. As it begins to descend, it blows up, claimed to be a result of the explosives packed inside igniting.

Rival explanations have been offered as to what triggered the initial explosion, though all agree that the car belonged to an Islamic State suicide bomber attempting to attack a Kurdish peshmerga, or army, position near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

One suggested that the car was hit by a rocket, another that it hit a landmine.

Neither explanation seems credible, given the force of the explosion, which is of a size normally detonated by a major booby-trap of the sort often used by the jihadists themselves.

It is possible that a major explosive device detonated early, taking a passing car with it, which then exploded due to the fuel in its tank.

HT: Major Tom