Sunday, September 22, 2024

Baghdad

2 suspects arrested in Talafar

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi policemen on Saturday captured two suspects in the northern part of the district of Talafar, a security source said. “A police force, in collaboration with local residents, arrested two suspects inside a house in al-Nour neighborhood in northern Talafar,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Talafar lies 60 km west of Mosul. “The two are now under investigative custody on charges of planting improvised explosive device,” the source said, not giving more details. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, is 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1