The videos claim to show youngsters being beaten with hammers and rifles during the ongoing fight to take back the ISIS stronghold
DISTURBING footage has emerged which appears to show children in Mosul being tortured by Western-backed Iraqi soldiers and militia.
Reports claim that the videos features kids as young as eight being beaten and interrogated by troops over whether they have any affiliation with ISIS.
One violent clip, shows a young man being knee-capped with a hammer before having a slab of concrete dropped on his head.
The poor lad can heard screaming “no, no” while lying defenceless in the back of a truck.
He is then dragged from the vehicle and hit in the head with the hammer before the clip ends.
Another video published on social media shows a young boy being hit over the head with a rifle while he is handcuffed in the back of a vehicle.
The Iraqi youth is questioned during the beating, with soldiers asking him: “How many people were with you? 14? Where were you coming from?”
The reports that in another video, a lad is filmed being beaten by Iraqi troops.
He names himself as Ihab Muhammad, and is asked whether any of his family members are members of terror group ISIS.
Poor Ihab is then struck over the head when he appears to give the wrong answer.
The torture of civilians and children is considered a war crime and a crime against humanity.
This week, Amnesty International accused Iraqi and Kurdish authorities of committing violations of human rights against Iraq's Sunni Arab community.
The report, titled Punished for Daesh's crimes, claimed government forces and militia had tortured men and older boys before executing some of them without trial.
The ISIS fighters that remain in the city are preparing for the vicious battle by planting bombs, preparing tunnels and blocking roads.
Among them are some of the group's most battle-hardened jihadis who, according to residents' accounts, have become increasingly paranoid in recent weeks.
Anyone suspected of communicating with the outside world is executed, they say.
Although the battle is expected to generate hundreds of thousands of refugees, the US has also said the group is trapping residents inside the city to use human shields.
Authorities are bracing for a massive flow of civilians fleeing the northern Iraq city as the fight to seize the last remaining ISIS stronghold in the country progresses.
The battle, which began Monday, has so far focused on the villages surrounding the city, most of which are traditionally Kurdish.
Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said ISIS had for weeks kept Mosul's estimated population of 1.5 million from escaping, with the start of the offensive offering them no respite.
"We know they are being used as human shields, absolutely," Davis said.
"They are being held there against their will. We have not seen any change in the last day of people leaving or fleeing."
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