7 officers, 20 policemen arrested following ISIS elements escaping from Khalis prison
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A security source revealed on Sunday, the arrest of seven officers and 20 policemen under investigation, following the escape of prisoners from Khalis prison.
On Saturday, ISIS claimed the Khalis prison attack in Diyala province, while emphasized the escape of 30 of its elements whom it it described as “Knights of the Caliphate State.”
The spokesman for the Interior Ministry Brigadier Saad Maan announced on Saturday the escape of 40 prisoners, including nine “terrorists” from Khalis prison, stressing that the attempt to escape was from inside the prison and it was not an attack from the outside.
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