Saturday, September 21, 2024

Baghdad

Eastern Falluja blast suspects detained

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Two persons, suspected of being involved in the attack in al-Karma neighborhood in eastern Falluja, were arrested on Friday by policemen, according to a police source. “Policemen arrested the two suspects while carrying the blast’s casualties,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency, noting that one of them was among the wounded people, who were sent to the hospital. A police source had said earlier that two civilians were killed and five more were wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in al-Shuhadaa marketplace in central al-Karma neighborhood, eastern Falluja. Falluja, the largest city in Anbar, lies 45 km west of Baghdad; while Ramadi, the capital of the province, lies 110 km west of Baghdad. SH (P) 3