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Death, injury toll of Tel Afer rises to 30 people, 150 suspects arrested
 (KUNA) -- The Iraqi police announced on Saturday that the death and injury toll of Tel Afer suicide bombing has risen to 30 and 150 suspects were arrested within the framework of the joint operations carried out by Iraqi and multi-national forces. An Iraqi police source told KUNA that 17 people were killed and 13 others wounded including members of the Iraqi army when a suicide bomber driving a truck blew himself up in Al-Salam suburb in central Tel Afer west of Mosul. The source added that 150 suspected terrorists were arrested in addition to confiscation of 240 automatic rifles and light weaponry.On the other hand, Amir of the Islamic group in Iraq Kurdistan Ali Babir urged the government and the Kurdistan coalition in particular to exert more efforts to arrest the killer of a Kurdish MP in the Iraqi parliament in order to stand a fair trail. Babir said it was not yet known who the killer was. Posted by: Fred 2006-10-08 |
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