BAGHDAD: Former president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein’s tomb completely levelled in fighting near Tikrit, local media reported on Sunday.
According to details, footage filmed by the Associated Press (AP) shows all that remains standing of the once-lavish mausoleum in the village of al-Awja.
The footage shown only the pillars are standing while the rest was completely destroyed on Sunday’s fight between Iraqi forces and Iranian-backed Shia militia were battling to drive Islamic State (IS) militants from Tikrit.
Last year, the local Sunni population said they had removed Saddam’s body and taken it to an unknown location.
The footage shows the mausoleum, south of the city, reduced to concrete rubble.
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