8 Apr 2010

Boy bomber caught in Iraq

6:05 am on 8 April 2010

Police in Iraq have arrested a teenage boy wearing a vest packed with explosives near the western city of Falluja, foiling an attempt to attack security forces.

He was taken into custody after it was found a neighbour had encouraged him to blow himself up, near police.

The neighbour told him he would go to paradise, to avenge the death of his father who was killed by security forces two years ago.

After interrogating the boy, 15, police used an explosives sniffer dog to find the neighbour.