Iraqi security apprehend 27 Islamic State militants in Mosul
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) – As many as 27 Islamic State militants were arrested Monday during a security campaign in Hamam al-Alil district in Mosul, a policeman in the Nineveh Operations Command said.
Speaking to the Iraqi Basnews website, Lieutenant Colonel Roshdy Abbas said that “the Nineveh Operations Command launched a security campaign after receiving intelligence reports about the presence of Islamic State infiltrators in the central island in Hamam al-Alil, 20 km south of Mosul.”
“The troops, backed by the Iraqi Air Force, raided the whole area and arrested 27 IS militants,” he said, adding that the arrestees were later taken into the headquarters of the Nineveh Operation Command for interrogation.
Seven IS militants, including assassin of security forces, arrested in Mosul
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Seven Islamic State militants were arrested Tuesday in Mosul city, with one of them facing charges of assassinating security forces, the Iraqi interior ministry’s spokesman said.
“Karama security forces, acting upon intelligence reports, arrested seven wanted terrorists of Islamic State in Aden district in Mosul’s eastern side,” Iraqi website Baghdad Today quoted Maj. Gen. Saad Maan as saying in a statement.
“One of them admitted assassinating security forces and photographing criminal acts carried out by the terrorist group with the aim of terrifying citizens,” Maan said.
He added that another arrestee “admitting joining the Islamic State in 2014 after the group seized control of the city of Mosul in 2014.”