Iraqi police kill Islamic State member, arrest seven others in Mosul
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) – Nineveh police forces killed on Monday an Islamic State militant and arrested seven others in the group’s previously proclaimed capital of Mosul, a police officer was quoted as saying.
Speaking to BasNews website, Captain Amir Watheq said that security forces received intelligence information that eight Islamic State militants seek to infiltrate into Al-Hadar district, 80 km west of Mosul, coming from Al-Jazeera area.
Immediately, the troops clashed with the infiltrators, killing one of them and arresting seven others, Watheq said, adding that “all the arrestees have been taken to the Nineveh police command for interrogation.”
Five Islamic State female members arrested, west of Mosul: Ministry
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Security troops in Nineveh have arrested five Islamic State female members in west of Mosul, the Interior Ministry’s Security Media Center said on Monday.
In a statement, Maj. Gen. Saad Maan, spokesperson for the ministry, said Nineveh troops “managed to arrest five Islamic State female members wanted to stand judiciary.”
The women, according to the statement, “pledged allegiance to the militant group through Islamic State’s mufti known as Abu Ayyoub. They worked for al-Hisbah (Vigilantism) department.” One of them used to work as a biter, who bites women using an iron tool while the group was in control of the city.
“They were arrested in al-Amn district in west of Mosul,” he added.