The improvised boats were discovered in an abandoned factory in Hay al-Thawra in Mosul which was recaptured from ISIS by the elite Rapid Response Division earlier this month.
The run-down building contained at least four ambulances which are thought to have been stolen by the jihadis when they took control of Mosul in a week of intense fighting in 2014.
The vessels appear to have been sawn to pieces with their roofs turned upside down and waterproofed using scrap materials.
The suicide boats would likely have been bound for the River Tigiris which divides the recaptured east of Mosul and the western part of the city, which is still largely under jihadi control.
They could have been used to launch attacks just months after the militants destroyed five of the bridges crossing the water in a bid to slow the advance of Iraqi troops.
Source; DailyMail
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