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Iraqi security forces and people gather at the
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By Hazel Torres
Death was just an arm's length away for seven Christian girls who found themselves for hours sharing a room inside a school with heavily armed Islamic State (ISIS) fighters wearing explosive suicide belts.
Despite the grave danger, the girls found a way—with God's miraculous help—to make themselves "invisible" to the eyes of the enemy: They hid under beds.
"The Lord blinded the terrorists," Bishop Youssef Touma of the Archdiocese of Chaldeans said in a statement obtained by CBN News.
"When love and courage meet, God makes a miracle," the bishop added.The tension-filled real-life drama took place on Friday when ISIS fighters raided a school in Kirkuk, Iraq, CBN News reported.
The school was one of several targets attacked by ISIS fighters as Iraqi security forces were preparing for a major assault on the nearby city of Mosul.
"The terrorists rushed into the surrounding buildings, including the Dominican nunnery and four homes for the [Christian] students [that] had been chartered by the Archdiocese of Chaldeans," Bishop Touma said.
One of the buildings the ISIS fighters occupied was Bishop's Touma's school, which is home to about 500 students. At the time of the attack, 30 girls were trapped inside.
Miraculous story of Christian students saved from ISIS continues
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