Iraqi officers try to defuse suicide belt on boy in video

Iraqi officers defuse suicide belt strapped to 13-year-old

Video surfaced Thursday morning that was said to show the tense moments as Iraqi officers tried to defuse a suicide belt strapped to a boy.

Iraqi media report the boy had been recruited by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, to carry out a suicide attack at a shrine in Baghdad.

He surrendered to authorities instead.

Sources tell CBS News the boy is 13 years old and from Syria.

Iraqi officials appear to have successfully defused the bomb.

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