This is the chilling moment security forces reportedly removed a suicide belt from a young boy.

The pictures, captured in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday, come just a day after a suicide bombing- believed to have been carried out by a child as young as 12 - killed 51 people at a wedding ceremony in Turkey.

Security workers can be seen grappling with the young boy, who is visibly emotional.

He is then arrested after four men remove the belt from his possession.