Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Baghdad

Bomber tips off police, 15 arrested

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Fifteen wanted persons were captured in Ninewa after a bomber had tipped off the police about their involvement in acts of violence, a local security source said on Monday. “A suicide bomber, arrested last week in Talafar district (60 km northwest of Mosul), has made confessions about a number of wanted persons who were involved in acts of violence,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Acting on the tip-off, the police arrested 15 wanted persons, who will be brought to the court, the source noted. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P) 1