Just another day in the office: Watch TV reporter carry on broadcasting as ISIS suicide car bomb is destroyed in huge explosion metres away 

  • Footage shows the man reporting in a bulletproof vest in northern Iraq
  • Vehicles with Peshmerga flags start driving away in the background
  • Then a huge explosion erupts behind him, as clouds of black smoke fill air
  • Reporter appears visibly shaken by the blast but continues to broadcast

By Ekin Karasin For Mailonline

Published: 03:01 EST, 30 May 2016 | Updated: 14:46 EST, 30 May 2016

This is the heart-stopping moment a brave TV reporter carries on broadcasting as an ISIS suicide car bomb is destroyed by a rocket just metres away.

Dramatic footage shows the man, who works for Kurdistan 24 TV, continue to speak on camera as cars with Peshmerga flags can be seen driving away.

Wearing a bulletproof vest, the broadcaster describes the scene as a huge explosion erupts behind him and clouds of black smoke fill the air in northern Iraq. 

This is the heart-stopping moment a brave TV reporter stood just metres away from an ISIS suicide car bomb that was destroyed by a rocket
Shocking footage shows the man, who works for Kurdistan 24 TV, continue to speak to the camera as cars with Peshmerga flags can be seen driving away.

This is the heart-stopping moment a brave TV reporter stood just metres away from an ISIS suicide car bomb that was destroyed by a rocket

The clip was taken near Muftia village, west of Mosul.

Wearing a vest that reads 'Press' on the front and back, the reporter, although seemingly shaken by the explosion, continues to talk to the camera while a man signals behind him.

The Peshmerga vehicles, which appear to have been the target of the suicide bomb, look to have survived the attack. 

Other Peshmerga soldiers appear on screen next to the reporter as he continues to broadcast.

Wearing a bulletproof vest, the fearless broadcaster describes the scene as a huge explosion erupts behind him and clouds of black smoke fill the air in northern Iraq

Wearing a bulletproof vest, the fearless broadcaster describes the scene as a huge explosion erupts behind him and clouds of black smoke fill the air in northern Iraq

The camera zooms further in before a massive blast is heard and a huge mushroom cloud of grey and black smoke billows out

The camera zooms further in before a massive blast is heard and a huge mushroom cloud of grey and black smoke billows out

It comes after reports that a brave Kurdish fighter slammed his vehicle into an ISIS suicide truck to save other Kurdish soldiers in Iraq.

A Kurd supporter posted a tweet that appears to show a Peshmerga soldier in a large hole in the middle of a road.

They wrote alongside it: 'During the Tel Isqof battle between Peshmerga and ISIS, a Peshmerga drove at an ISIS SVBIED (suicide vehicle) to stop it.'  

Earlier this year ISIS militant beheaded three prisoners in an extremely graphic ISIS video purportedly filmed in Iraq.

The harrowing footage shows the bearded ISIS fighter, thought to be of Kurdish origin, ranting to the camera in March and threatening Peshmerga forces and the Kurdish president Masoud Barzani.

The clip, which was taken in Muftia village, west of Mosul, shows cars bearing Peshmerga flags backing away

The clip, which was taken in Muftia village, west of Mosul, shows cars bearing Peshmerga flags backing away

The Peshmerga vehicles, which appear to have been the target of the suicide bomb, were not destroyed in the attack

The Peshmerga vehicles, which appear to have been the target of the suicide bomb, were not destroyed in the attack

The propaganda video comes as ISIS have suffered heavy losses north of Raqqa, with Kurdish forces gaining significant ground in Hasakah province.

A largely Kurdish group called the Syrian Democratic Forces, backed up by commando training and US-led precision air strikes, captured the town of Al-Shaddadi.

The gains with Kurdish forces come as ISIS struggles to prevent losses in northern Iraq, having already lost territory at Tikrit, Kirkuk and more recently near Baghdad at Ramadi. 

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