5 wanted men detained, 3 bombs defused in Ninewa

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Army forces arrested on Tuesday five wanted men and defused three bombs in separate incidents in NINEWA, a source from the Ninewa operations command said. “A force from the 10 th brigade of the 3 rd division arrested on Tuesday (Nov. 3) four wanted men in Akabat village in Talafar, west of Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The same force arrested one wanted man in al-Qadissiya neighborhood in Talafar,” he added. “A force from the 12 th brigade of the 2 nd division managed to detonate two bombs in al-Darkazliya region, eastern Mosul, without damage,” he said. “The force also defused a bomb in Dawrat al-Swas region, southern Mosul,” he continued. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1