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| Diala police arrest 10,000 wanted men in 2010 |
| 2011-01-11 |
| DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Police forces arrested around 10,000 wanted persons during 2010, while 1,826 policemen were killed and 3,067 others were wounded in the same year, according to local police chief. “Police forces have realized several achievements during 2010, including the arrest of 9,571 wanted men, and freeing 43 kidnapped persons,” General Abdulhussein al-Shemri said during the festivity organized by the Diala police department. “There are 21,000 policemen in Diala police working in various departments,” he added, pointing out that 1,826 cops were killed and 3,076 were wounded in 2010. Baaquba, the capital of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. |
| Posted by:Steve White |