'Give up toy guns' order to prevent Iraqi child deaths

Soldiers in a former “triangle of death” Iraqi city have a new mission - confiscate all toy guns.

Soldiers in a former “triangle of death” Iraqi city have a new mission - confiscate all toy guns.

The Iraqi military in Mahmoudiya has ordered families to surrender all toy weapons in a bid to prevent children from being mistaken for militants.

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