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2 captured, explosives cache seized in Talafar
NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Two persons were arrested Friday and a cache of highly-explosive materials seized in Talafar, an official source in the Ninewa Police Department said.Iraqi forces in Talafar, (60 km) northwest of Mosul, arrested two persons involved in the recent blast that left one civilian man killed and three others wounded in the northern part of the district, the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. A civilian man was killed and three others wounded on Tuesday after an improvised explosive device planted inside a computer went off in northern Talafar, prompting the local council to rebuke security agencies and request the deployment of explosive detection equipment and the enhancement of intelligence efforts. The men, arrested upon intelligence tip-offs, are under initial investigative custody which confirmed their involvement in the blast, he added. Meanwhile, the source said a force from the Quick Response Brigade (QRB) seized today (Dec. 10) a cache of weapons and 50 kg of highly explosive materials in the area of Mir Qassem, eastern Talafar. The cache was busted upon confessions of a gunman arrested earlier, he said, not giving further details about where the gunman was arrested. Posted by: Steve White 2010-12-11 |
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