(KUNA) -- The Iraqi police have captured a leader of a terrorist cell active in the assassination of people, the US army said Wednesday. It said in a statement a force of the Iraqi police arrested Nouri Abu Haidar Al-Oqabi, a leader of a cell that assassinate people. The apprehension operation took place in Al-Shu'la area in northern Baghdad, it added.Al-Oqabi is accused of kidnapping, torturing and killing Iraqi citizens in Baghdad and four other areas, said the US army. It added that the terrorist was responsible for the murder of 14 Iraqi soldiers last month.