Monday, September 30, 2024

Baghdad

21 out of 35 escaped prisoners detained in Ninewa

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: 21 out of 35 prisoners, who escaped from a prison in Mosul city, the center of northern Iraq ’s Ninewa Province , have been rearrested by the security forces in the city on Thursday, the Chairman of Ninewa’s Security & Defense Committee reported.   “The security forces have managed to arrest 21 prisoners, who had escaped from a Mosul prison early on Thursday and 14 out of the 35 escaped prisoners are still at large,” the Abdul-Rahim al-Shimmary told IraqiNews.com news agency, adding that all the escaped prisoners were charged according to the Iraqi Criminal Law’s Article-4 – Terrorism.   Mosul the center of Ninewa Province , is 405 km to the north of Baghdad .   SKH (ST)       439