ISIS teen suicide bomber, 15, disarmed by police in Iraq
- 8 years ago
KIRKUK, IRAQ — A 15-year-old boy wearing a suicide belt was captured by police in Iraq before he could carry out his deadly mission for ISIS.
The skinny kid was arrested by members of the Kurdish security forces in the northern city of Kirkuk on Sunday, CNN reported.
The boy was stopped just hours after three people were injured in an ISIS suicide blast nearby.
Members of local security forces defused the belt, which was packed with 2 kilograms of explosives, and there were no further injuries.
The governor of Kirkuk said the boy was sent to the city by ISIS, according to CNN.
Reports said the boy told police he was kidnapped by masked men who put the explosives on him and sent him to the area. The boy had earlier fled the city of Mosul, which is under ISIS control.
The incident is raising fears that ISIS is increasingly using children to carry out attacks. This new tactic comes after recent successes by Kurdish Peshmerga forces, who are fighting against the terrorist group.
The attempted attack came a day after a suicide bomber killed 54 people at a wedding in Turkey. Ankara blamed that attack on ISIS but has backtracked on its claims that a teenage boy was responsible for the blast.
The skinny kid was arrested by members of the Kurdish security forces in the northern city of Kirkuk on Sunday, CNN reported.
The boy was stopped just hours after three people were injured in an ISIS suicide blast nearby.
Members of local security forces defused the belt, which was packed with 2 kilograms of explosives, and there were no further injuries.
The governor of Kirkuk said the boy was sent to the city by ISIS, according to CNN.
Reports said the boy told police he was kidnapped by masked men who put the explosives on him and sent him to the area. The boy had earlier fled the city of Mosul, which is under ISIS control.
The incident is raising fears that ISIS is increasingly using children to carry out attacks. This new tactic comes after recent successes by Kurdish Peshmerga forces, who are fighting against the terrorist group.
The attempted attack came a day after a suicide bomber killed 54 people at a wedding in Turkey. Ankara blamed that attack on ISIS but has backtracked on its claims that a teenage boy was responsible for the blast.