According to reports, ISIS jihadists booby-trapped the church with explosives before detonating it.
The Church of the Virgin Mary was originally built in 1934 and is one of three main churches in the Assyrian village of Tal Nasri, which is located to the south of Tal Tamr town that was earlier overrun by ISIS.
According to the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA), the church has been “leveled...”