Karbala police receive explosives detectors

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: The Karbala Police Department’s bomb squad has received up-to-date explosives detectors and other devices used in dismantling improvised explosive devices, the squad chief said on Sunday. “The equipment were brought by the interior ministry within its plan to enhance security conditions in this province receiving millions of visitors from all over the world,” Col. Hameed Tawfeeq al-Battat told IraqiNews.com news agency. The holy Shiite city of Karbala lies 110 km southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1