Heavy, highly explosive charge defused in Nasseriya

THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: Police forces defused a heavy and highly explosive roadside bomb that was planted near a school in southern Nasseriya city, according to a release posted on the internet on Wednesday. “The explosive device consisted of mid-size oxygen tank with 750 gm of the C4 very explosive material inside it, linked to a trigger,” the release said. “The bomb that was planted near al-Kindi school in al-Iskan al-Sinaee neighborhood, southern Nasseriya, was removed without any casualties,” it added. Nasseriya, the capital city of Thi-Qar province, lies 380 km south of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 1