Bomb defused in northern Thi-Qar

THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Thursday defused a bomb in northern Thi-Qar province, the police department said in a statement. “Policemen managed on Thursday (Mar. 12) to defuse a local-made bomb, planted near a primary school in al-Muaalimeen neighborhood in central al-Shtra district, northern Thi-Qar,” said the statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. Nassiriya, the capital of Thi-Qar, is 380 km south of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1