Saturday, September 21, 2024

Baghdad

Mosul police detain 2 AQI members

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Security forces on Thursday arrested in a village west of Mosul two members of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) who confessed to having committed crimes against civilians and security personnel, a source from Ninewa police said. “A Ninewa security force arrested two AQI members in al-Fadiliya village, western Talafar district, (60 km) west of Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “The two men confessed to having murdered civilians and security personnel. Two Kalashnikov assault rifles were seized in the operation that was conducted without any resistance,” the source added. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1