12-year old Iraqi boy ordered by ISIS to carry out suicide attack
An ISIS-forced suicide attempt carried out by a young Iraqi boy was thwarted by police in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad. The incident happened one hour after another suicide bomber targeted a Shiite mosque in the city. The young boy "claimed during the interrogation that he had been kidnapped by masked men who put the explosives on him and sent him to the area," according to Kirkuk intelligence official Chato Fadhil Humadi.

A young boy carrying a suicide vest in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad claims he was kidnapped by armed ISIS terrorists who strapped on a suicide vest and ordered him to attack.

TV footage of the dramatic incident shows Iraqi security forces disarm the young boy, who was aged around 12, before bundling him into a truck.

The incident happened one hour after another suicide bomber targeted a Shiite mosque in the city.

Detained: An ISIS child suicide bomber 'aged between 12 and 13' was thwarted in his attempt to detonate an explosives belt after being arrested by security forces in Iraq

Taken away: The boy was ushered into a nearby vehicle by security services and led away

Kirkuk intelligence official Chato Fadhil Humadi said the boy in the latest incident 'claimed during interrogation that he had been kidnapped by masked men who put the explosives on him and sent him to the area'.

The boy had earlier fled Mosul, Iraq's second city, which is still under ISIS control although government troops are trying to force out the terrorists.

The boy, who was wearing a Barcelona football shirt with FIFA World Player of the Year Lionel Messi on the back, reportedly burst into tears as he was detained by Iraqi police in the city of Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, yesterday.

His arrest came less than 24 hours after another child suicide bomber killed at least 51 people and injured 100 more at a wedding party in Turkey.

It has led to fears children are increasingly being used by ISIS to carry out deadly attacks. Two other suicide bombers blew themselves up in Kirkuk on Sunday.

The boy, who was wearing a Barcelona football shirt with FIFA World Player of the Year Lionel Messi on the back, reportedly burst into tears as he was detained by Iraqi police

The security forces quickly removed the explosive device after spotting the youngster

The boy told police he had been abducted by masked men who strapped a vest to him

Three people were injured in one while in another there were no casualties.

The Kurdish media group Rudaw revealed that the apprehended suspect was stripped of his explosives belt by security forces before being led away.

'There is a dangerous campaign tonight against Kirkuk,' a security official told the network.

It has been claimed the boy was planning to blow himself up outside a Shia mosque. The belt was later detonated safely away from members of the public.

The attacks follow recent successful military offensives by Peshmerga forces against ISIS.

Earlier this year it was revealed that ISIS had released an app teaching the Arabic alphabet to its 'cubs of the caliphate' - using cartoon images of weaponry.

The terror group uses pictures of tanks, ammunition and swords to help children remember certain letters in its bizarre learning aid.

Apprehended: His arrest followed two other suicide bomb attacks in Kirkuk hours earlier

Dramatic: The Kurdish media group Rudaw revealed today that the apprehended suspect was stripped of his explosives belt by security forces before being led away

'There is a dangerous campaign tonight against Kirkuk,' a security official told the network

It is the latest move by ISIS aimed at indoctrinating children in its Iraq and Syria stronghold.

Videos have previously been released of boys - dubbed 'Cubs of the Caliphate' - being put through rigorous training regimes and even being ordered to carry out brutal executions.

Meanwhile, Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan said it was likely that ISIS was behind the attack which saw a bomber, thought to be aged between 12 and 14, blow up people dancing in the street at a party in the city of Gaziantep last night.

Iraqi security forces detain a boy after removing a suicide vest from him in Kirkuk in Iraq

Controlled explosion: The belt was later detonated safely after the suspect was led away

The boy was detained in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, less than 24 hours after a child suicide bomber killed at least 51 people and injured 100 at a wedding party in Turkey (pictured)

Erdogan added the blast near the Syria border 'was the result of a suicide bomber who either detonated (the bomb) or others detonated it'.

The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, or HDP, said in a statement that the wedding was for one of its members, and women and children had been among those killed.