(VOI)- Joint forces on Tuesday arrested the head of a municipality council in east of Amara city, the director of the Missan police’s relations said. “Joint police-army forces arrested Ali Mahawi, head of the municipality council in al-Majidiya region, east of Amara,” Colonel Mahdi Muhsen al-Asadi told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI). His did not add more details.
An official security source had aid earlier that three officers from Missan police were arrested on charges of collaboration with armed groups. Large divisions of Iraqi army and police personnel flocked into Missan in preparation for Bashaer al-Salam security plan, taking Batira airport, 10 km northwest of Amara, and the Missan sports playground as their headquarters. |