Demonstration in Karbala to protest arrest warrant against Karbala PC Head

Karbala (IraqiNews.com) Dozens of civilians demonstrated to protest an arrest warrant issued against the head of Karbala Provincial Council, Mohamed Hameed al-Musawi, on Saturday.

The reporter of IraqiNews.com stated “Dozens of civilians demonstrated in front of the PC building to protest the arrest warrant issued by a court in Anbar province when a person accused Musawi of being behind the crime.”

“The demonstrators called to eliminate these accusations,” he assured.

“The demonstrators called to reveal the results of the investigations over Nikhaib crime and the criminals behind the case without politicizing it,” he concluded.

Earlier, the Rutba Court in Anbar province issued an arrest warrant against the Chairman of Karbala Provincial Council Mohammed al-Musawi.

Judicial source reported to IraqiNews.com Thursday “Rutba Court issued an arrest warrant against Musawi due to a complaint submitted by a citizen named Mustafa al-Dulaimi who accused Musawi of being involved in Nikhaib terrorist incident which resulted in killing and injuring dozens of civilians.”

“The complaint was submitted by Dulaimi after being proved innocent from the accusations directed by Musawi for him over being involved in Nikhaib incident,” the source added.

An armed group has kidnapped a bus carrying over 30 passengers, most of them from Karbala province, among them 22 men in addition to women and children at the Dirty Valley area (70 km) to the south of Nikhaib district which is (400 km) to the west of Ramadi city the center of Anbar province.

Later, Security forces discovered the corpses of 22 men shot to death after this incident.

A security force from Karbala detained some suspects from Rutba city in Anbar province after this incident which created anger among the officials of Anbar province, but the Premier Nouri al-Maliki decided to release them after being proved innocent, according to Maliki’s statement.