Saturday, September 28, 2024

Baghdad

Seven wanted men arrested, rocket fells on Kirkuk:

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: A joint Iraqi Army and U.S. force has arrested 7 wanted men in an inspection operation west of north Iraq‘s oil-rich city of Kirkuk, whilst a rocket fell on one of its resident’s houses, causing no casualties, Kirkuk‘s Townships & Villages Police Director said on Wednesday. “A Joint Force had implemented a security operation early on Wedneday, arresting 7 wanted men, charged with terrorism, kidnapping and intential murder,” Brigadier Sarhad Qader told IraqiNews.com news agency. In another incident, a source in Kirkuk‘s Joint Coordination Center, said that a rocket fell on a house of a Kirkuk citizen, but caused no casualties,” the security source said, adding that Kirkuk‘s police and explosives experts rushed to the attacked house that had suffered material damage, along with a car, belonging to its resident, who is a lawyer. Kirkuk is 280 kms to the northeast of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. KK (A) / SKH 119