Mosul - Sickening footage shows an ISIS militant apparently using a child as a human shield during a battle with Iraqi forces. A drone captured the soldier appearing to drag a young boy out from inside a house and forcing him into the middle of the road in central Mosul's Old City district in Iraq. They quickly crossed the street and took shelter near a second house - in an area where almost 4,000 civilians are estimated to have been killed since February. The pair then walk down a side street - with the fighter grabbing the boy by the scruff of the neck to keep him close. It is not know what happened to the child or the fighter after the footage ended. The video was released by the Iraqi Federal Police service and filmed through combat equipment.