4 gunmen nabbed in Jalawlaa

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Tuesday arrested four gunmen, believed of having kidnapped two shepherds in south of Jalawlaa, a police source said. “Emergency police force on Tuesday (Feb. 3) arrested four gunmen in Baniera village, south of Jalawlaa,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The suspected al-Qaeda gunmen believed of having kidnapped two shepherds in the region a few months ago and freed them after receiving a ransom,” he explained. Jalawlaa is one of the disputed areas between the federal and Kurdish governments. It is located 155 northeast of Baaquba, the capital of Diala, which is 57 km northeast of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1