Exploding drone sent by Isis allies kills and wounds troops in Iraq – report
A drone rigged with explosives and sent by Isis allies killed two Peshmerga fighters in Iraq and badly wounded two French soldiers, according to a report.
The craft was intercepted and exploded after coming down on 2 October, Le Monde said.
It was not clear whether the explosive device was detonated by remote control or a timer.
The two French soldiers, from the special forces, were taken back to France for medical treatment.
Other French soldiers were lightly wounded by the explosion, Le Monde said.
France has about 500 military personnel in Iraq as part of a US-led coalition to fight Islamic State militants. The numbers include special forces who have been training Kurdish Peshmerga forces in the north of the country.
The French defence ministry, which has a policy of not discussing special forces’ operations, declined to comment on the Le Monde report.
An Iraqi military spokesman in Baghdad could not confirm the report and Peshmerga sources were not immediately available for comment.
Islamic State has been feared for some time to be making use of commercially available drones rigged with improvised explosive devices to stage attacks.