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Iraq
Baghdad bagatelles
2015-09-23
Gang specialized in kidnapping and robbery arrested in Baghdad

[IraqiNews] Baghdad -- Security Committee in Baghdad Provincial Council announced the arrest of a gang specialized in kidnapping and robbery in the capital.

The deputy chairman of the Committee, Mohammed al-Rubaie, said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com: "the intelligence and the anti-terrorism force, and under the guidance of the commander of Baghdad operations managed to arrest a gang specialized in kidnapping and robbery."

Al-Rubaie added: "the arrest was made through an ambush," pointing out that "all the gang members are currently under investigation."

Civilian injured in the explosion of explosive device south of Baghdad

[IraqiNews] Baghdad -- On Tuesday, a police source announced that a civilian was maimed after a bomb kaboom south of the capital Baghdad.

The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "an bomb that was planted on the side of a road in Rashid district in southern Baghdad went kaboom!, resulting in the injury of a civilian that was passing at the moment of the kaboom."

The source, who asked anonymity, added: "the security forces cordoned off the area of the blast, while the injured was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment."
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