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| 2 arrested for involvement in car bomb attacks in Karbala |
| 2010-07-16 |
| KARBALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Five persons were arrested in Karbala on Thursday, including two wanted on charges of involvement in two car bombing attacks in the holy Shiite city three months ago, according to a police official. “Security agencies captured the five men based on intelligence tip-offs in the city and in accordance with arrest warrants as part of several search raids,” Maj. General Ali Jassem, the Karbala police chief, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “Two of the arrested persons are suspected of involvement in two car bombs in the city three months ago,” Jassem added. One car bomb attack had occurred in al-Baladiya neighborhood, followed by another one 10 minutes later near a dentistry clinic, leaving together dozens of people killed or wounded. Jassem noted that the five arrested men, who have confessed “to their criminal and terrorist acts, would be referred to courts”. The predominantly Shiite city of Karbala lies 110 km southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. |
| Posted by:Steve White |