48 suspects arrested in connection with armed attack

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Joint security forces have arrested 48 suspects throughout the past 24 hours following an armed attack that targeted a police officer in Jalawlaa district, according to a police source. “A force from the emergency police and the Iraqi army carried out search raids in the neighborhoods of Mahafeez, al-Shuhadaa, Jalawlaa district (30 km southwest of Khanaqin),” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Earlier today, several Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) members were arrested in connection with the attack, but were released later in the day. Yesterday night, a police major was wounded in an armed attack while he was heading home in Mahafeez neighborhood, Jalawlaa. Khanaqin is 155 km northeast of Baaquba, the capital city of Diala, which lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. SS (P) 1