KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: A police patrol on Thursday arrested a man who carried out a car bombing attack in al-Huweija district, southwest of Kirkuk, according to a source from the city's Joint Coordination Center (JCC) on Thursday.“A patrol from Huweija police station arrested a man wanted in accordance with Article 4 of the law on terror inside his house in al-Yarmuk neighborhood, Huweija, (65 km) southwest of Kirkuk,' the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The detainee, a 29-year-old man who had detonated an explosive vehicle near al-Huweija Hospital on March 22, was captured and is now under investigative custody,' the source said, not giving more details.
On March 22, a source from the Kirkuk Districts' Police Department (KDPD) had told Aswat al-Iraq that a car bomb ripped through al-Qadissiya neighborhood, north of Huweija, leaving a policeman wounded.