Terrorist cell arrested in Karbala

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: A terrorist cell, responsible for booby-trapping of cars that blew off in Karbala last September, killing and wounding dozens of people, had been arrested by Karbala police on Wednesday, the Chairman of the Province’s Council stated. “The arrests took place following confessions by one of the cell’s members who was detained by security and intelligence bodies recently,” Mohammed Hamid al-Mousawi told IraqiNews.com news agency. Mousawai said that all members of the cell belonged to al-Qaeda organization, who had been behind 4 booby-trapped car blasts in Karbala that killed and injured dozens of people on Sept.25th last close to the office of Passport & Nationality at the center of the city. SKH (ST) 137