(KUNA) -- In the last 24 hours, Iraqi security forces killed one "terrorist" and arrested 217 suspects, said "law enforcement" operations command in Baghdad in a statement Thursday. The "terrorist" was killed in Al-Mahmoudia area, while 108 "terrorists" and 109 suspects were arrested throughout scattered areas of the capital Baghdad, the statement said.It added that forces also managed to dismantle three bobby-trapped cars in Sadr city, Markaz Al-Resafa and New Baghdad, in addition to defusing 85 explosive devices.
The command also announced that one of its personnel was killed, and nine others were injured during combat operations. In a related story, two people were killed and ten others injured in a bomb blast in Al-Wathba courtyard, central Baghdad, Iraqi police said today.
