KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: A Turkish citizen was arrested on Thursday while stealing money that people submit as prayers at a mosque in Kirkuk, the Criminal Investigation Department said.

 

 

After receiving complaints from prayer-goers in some Kirkuk mosques, a suspect was arrested  at a mosque with 200,000 dinars in his possession," Colonel Othman Hama Abdullah told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

 

 

"The man holds Turkish nationality and confessed to stealing several prayers in Kirkuk mosques," he added, without giving more details.

 

 

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