Two people, including a cop, were killed and 17 others were wounded while security forces arrested 73 people in acts of violence in Iraq from 9:00pm on Sunday until 2:00pm on Monday, security sources said.
In Baghdad, Maj. General Qassem Atta, the official spokesman for the Baghdad operations command and Fardh al-Qanoon (Law Imposing) security plan, said one civilian was killed and three others wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in central Baghdad, on Monday.
He also said that an Iraqi army force freed a hostage and arrested his kidnappers in southeastern Baghdad on Monday. "An Iraqi army's 4th Brigade (Quick Intervention) force arrested a ring specialized in kidnapping and blackmailing in the area of Djisr Diala, southeastern Baghdad, on Monday noon," Maj. General Qassem Atta told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI). "The force has also released a hostage named Thamir Hussein Fadhel," Atta added, not giving further details about the number or identities of the ring members.
The Iraqi Interior Ministry said in statement Iraqi police forces on Monday arrested five gunmen who attacked a police vehicle patrol in al-Jamea quarter, western Baghdad.
In Diala, a security source said at least three Sahwa (Awakening) fighters were wounded on Monday as a bomb exploded in their main headquarters in Baaquba, central Iraq.
A Diala police force captured a member of al-Qaeda network and freed two hostages in separate security operations in Baaquba city on Monday, the Diala police chief said. "Policemen on Monday arrested a member of al-Qaeda Organization in Iraq during a search raid in Baaquba. The Qaeda operative is wanted by security authorities on charges of emplacing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in different areas of the province," Maj. General Ghanim al-Qurayshi told VOI. "In another security operation in the Old Town of Baaquba, the police freed a man taken hostage," Qurayshi said, declining to give further details about the hostage liberation.
In Ninewa, a police source said two civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near an Iraqi police patrol in western Mosul on Monday.
In Kirkuk, a police source said a policeman was killed on Monday in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, while trying to free a captive.
“Gunmen shot dead a policeman, this morning, after he tried to intercept their car after kidnapping a child in Wahid Azar quarter, southern Kirkuk,” the source added.
An Iraqi army official source said on Monday a key leader of al-Qaeda network, considered one of the top 10 wanted by security agencies, was captured near the district of Touz Khormato, 80 km south of Kirkuk.
“Gunmen shot dead a policeman, this morning, after he tried to intercept their car after kidnapping a child in Wahid Azar quarter, southern Kirkuk,” the source noted.
In Basra, the province's security operations chief said the spiritual theorist of the Jund al-Samaa (Soldiers of Heaven) was captured in central Basra on Monday.
In Anbar, the official spokesman for the MNF, Maher al-Iraqi, said that Heit police force, backed by U.S. troops, arrested 49 suspected gunmen during a raid in the city of Heit.
In Diwaniya, the Interior Ministry said police forces on Monday arrested six wanted persons in Diwaniya. |