 (VOI) – Joint forces from the Iraqi army and police on Monday arrested four wanted individuals, including a man believed to be behind the bombing that occurred near a Baghdad university in March 2007, authorities said. 'A force from the Iraqi army's 17th Division captured Omar Abd Khaled Hamadi al-Kartani in al-Mahmoudiya district, southern Baghdad,' a spokesman for Baghdad's operations command, Major General Qasem Ata, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq- (VOI). 'Al-Kartani is currently under investigation after he confessed to having a hand in the car bomb explosion that occurred near al-Mustansriya University, eastern Baghdad, last year,' the spokesman explained. In March 2007, an explosives-rigged car detonated near Baghdad's university of al-Mustansriya, killing and wounding more than 100 people.
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'A force from the 8th Division, National Police, arrested three wanted persons in al-Sahafiyeen neighborhood, al-Baladiyat area, during a raid in eastern Baghdad,' Ata added. A total of 10 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), 81 machine guns, several RPK rifles and ammunition were seized during the operation, Ata explained. |