Residents in Mosul, Iraq have alleged Islamic State (IS) terrorists are conducting gruesome experiments on prisoners with chlorine and other chemicals. The residents claim the jihadists are carrying out the ‘tests’ in secret prison cells using chlorine, mustard gas and other chemicals to gauge the toxicity of the weapons on humans.

Other residents have complained of breathing problems, while many children in the area are reportedly suffering from skin rashes, generally associated to the use of such chemicals. Iraqi journalists report that the Islamic State has moved its chemical production labs to houses in neighbiourhoods to avoid being detected by the west. Some sources say those supervising and developing the chemical weapons are Iraqis who had previously worked under dictator Saddam Hussein.