Munitions cache seized by Iraqi forces
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – On Friday, Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced finding a cache containing weapons and a large number of improvised explosive devices in southern Baghdad.
The ministry’s spokesman Saad Moen said in a press statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “On Friday the Federal Police’s intelligence in the Ministry of Interior arrested a wanted terrorist,” pointing out that, “The terrorist guided to a weapons and IEDs cache near Alwa Yusufiya in southern Baghdad.”
Moen added, “The cache contained 13 improvised explosive devices, 12 Nokia cell phones, in addition to 20 batteries and other weapons and equipment.”
Iraqi kop dies in bomb attack in al-Tawiytha
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source within the police force in Baghdad province said on Saturday, that five elements of the Federal Police had been either killed or injured in a bomb blast south of Baghdad.
The source said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “An explosive device went off targeting a patrol belonging to the Federal Police in the area of al-Tawiytha southeast of Baghdad, resulting in the death of one of its elements and wounding four others, in addition to inflicting material losses upon the patrol.”
The source, who requested to remain anonymous, added, “A security force rushed to the area of the incident and transferred the injured to a nearby hospital for medical treatment and the dead body to the forensic medicine authority.”
2 die in bomb attack near stadium
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Ministry of Interior said on Saturday, that 13 people had been either killed or wounded in a bomb blast that took place in al-Mada’an District south of Baghdad.
The source said in a press statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “This afternoon, an explosive device went off near a popular football stadium in the area of al-Khanasa located in the district of al-Mada’an south of Baghdad,” pointing out that, “The blast resulted in killing two persons and wounding 11 others.”
The source also added, “A security force rushed to the area of the incident and transferred the injured to a nearby hospital for treatment and the two dead bodies to the forensic medicine authority.”