3 arrested for murder in Karbala

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: The Karbala police on Thursday arrested three persons on charges of stabbing a man to death in the eastern part of the province, according to the anti-crime department chief. “Security agencies today (Jan. 29) captured three persons on charges of murdering a local resident in the town of al-Duwayhiya, Toreij district, (20 km) eastern Karbala,” Lt. Colonel Oqeil Hadi told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The three suspects had raided the house of a local resident on Wednesday (Jan. 28), tied his mother and wife and stabbed him to death before stealing gold and 1.5 million Iraqi dinars,” Hadi said. “One of the culprits was arrested in the area of al-Mushawrab, (10 km) eastern Karbala, and confessed to the crime, while the two others were arrested later,” he added. The holy Shiite city of Karbala lies 110 km southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1