Criminals responsible of French Consulate explosion arrested in Dhi-Qar

Dhi-Qar, Nassiriya (IraqiNews.com) A security force arrested the criminals who are responsible of detonating the building of the French Consulate in Nassiriya province.

Security source mentioned to IraqiNews.com on Sunday that ”A force of the Anti- Terrorism Department arrested the persons who detonated two car bombs targeting the French Consulate Building and a hotel in Nassiriya on last Sunday.”

The source added “Among the detainees is an element of the former regime forces and he admitted committing many crimes in the province,” pointing out that ”The arrest operation happened in an area in the province,” without giving further details concerning the location where the arrest took place.

Two car bombs exploded, in Dhi-Qar province on 9/ September; the first car bomb exploded near a hotel located near the building of the Governorate while the second explosion targeted the French Consulate building in Baghdad Street of central Nassiriya.

The Governor of Dhi-Qar accused, during joint press conference with the French Ambassador to Iraq, “new political gathering headed by the, sentenced to death in absentia, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi of being behind these explosions, justifying the behaviour of Hashimi by taking revenge to himself since the explosion occurred in the same day of declaring the death verdict against him.”