Via Daily Mail:

Bombs are being hidden inside copies of the Koran in the latest sick tactic by terrorist group ISIS, it has been reported.

US military officials are said to have confirmed the sneaky booby trap strategy involving leaving Islam’s holy book on the streets of Ramadi, Iraq, and waiting for locals to pick them up.

Locals who pick up the books, which are said to be hidden in bushes or long grass near the side of the road, could then be blown up.

The tactic has emerged after ISIS fighters have also left bombs in refrigerators.

At a press conference at the Foreign Office in London, US Army Colonel Steve Warren reportedly confirmed the strategy was being used by ISIS fanatics.

The use of the religious book was a shock given the terrorist group’s normally strict implementation of Sharia law, The Sun reported.