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Iraq
3 wanted men arrested for attempted murder of cleric
2010-06-12
WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq: Wassit's Quick Response Department personnel arrested three wanted men in the northern part of the province on charges of attempting to murder a cleric and his two sons, a local security source said on Friday.
What exactly does a Quick Response Dept. do, besides arrest wannabe murderers?
"The interior ministry's QRD personnel arrested three wanted men in the district of al-Suwayra, (135 km) north of al-Kut, on suspected involvement in shooting Adnan al-Shujairi, the assistant chief of the Sunni Endowment, and his two sons while they were stepping out of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque in Suwayra last week," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

"The warranted apprehensions took place upon intelligence tip-offs. Initial investigations with the three arrested persons proved their involvement in the armed operation on Sheikh Shujairi," the source added.

Wassit province lies 180 km southeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Posted by:Steve White

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