13 suspected gunmen arrested in Hilla

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Wednesday arrested 13 suspected gunmen in Hilla after the explosion that killed a civilian earlier in the province, a media source said. “Police forces waged a crackdown operation in al-Asriya village in al-Askandariya district, north of Hilla, where they arrested 13 suspected gunmen,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. The same source had said earlier that an improvised explosive device (IED) stuck to a civilian vehicle detonated in al-Asriya village in al-Askandariya district, north of Hilla, killing the driver. Hilla, the capital of Babel, lies 100 km south of Baghdad. SH (P) 1