| (VOI) – An Iraqi security force captured 70 suspected gunmen after their patrol came under fire in the district of al-Shurqat, northern Salah al-Din province, on Sunday, police said. "An Iraqi police patrol came under fire attack by unidentified gunmen in the village of Sheikh Hamad, on the left coast of Shurqat district, prompting the security forces to launch a wide-scale raid, capturing 70 suspected gunmen," a police source, who asked to not have his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI). The source did not give further details. Shurqat district, which lies 80 km south of the city of Mosul, belongs administratively to the Salah al-Din province, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. |