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Watch: ISIS truck blown apart by Syrian Kurds in viral video

An explosives-laden pickup truck driven by an Islamic State suicide bomber was turned into a rolling fireball by Syrian Kurdish fighters – and dramatic video footage of the attack released Monday has gone viral.

“A suicide bomber tried to attack us but my comrades managed to kill him,” one fighter says in the video obtained by France 24.

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An explosives-laden pickup truck driven by an Islamic State suicide bomber was turned into a rolling fireball by Syrian Kurdish fighters – and dramatic video footage of the attack released Monday has gone viral.

“A suicide bomber tried to attack us but my comrades managed to kill him,” one fighter says in the video obtained by France 24.

The footage shows the DIY-looking truck – resembling a creation from the dystopian cult film — barreling along a road in Syria before a missile hits it and sends it bursting into flames.

The fighters are then heard shouting and cheering as black smoke billows into the sky.

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