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53 persons detained, kidnapped person freed in Basra
BASRA / Aswat al-Iraq: Police forces on Thursday arrested 53 wanted men and suspected gunmen and freed a kidnapped person in separate crackdown operations in Basra, a media police source said.Policemen waged security raids in separate areas of Basra, where 25 wanted men and 28 suspects were arrested, the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The forces seized three bombs and Kalashnikovs, he added. Another police force managed also to free a kidnapped girl and arrested her kidnappers in al-Zubeir district, western Basra, a source from the Interior Ministry said. Posted by: Steve White 2010-07-09 |
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