4 cops wounded, 3 men nabbed in Touz Khormato
September 27, 2008 - 09:21:01
SALAH AL-DIN / Aswat al-Iraq: Four police personnel on Saturday were wounded and three wanted persons were arrested during a search raid in northern Touz Khormato, a senior police source said. “On Saturday, an emergency police force carried out a raid on a restaurant in northern Touz Khormato (100 km east of Tikrit) to arrest persons who are wanted by the security apparatus,” the mayor of Touz Khormato district, Mohammed Rasheed, told Aswat al-Iraq.Members of the force engaged in clashes with the wanted individuals, the mayor noted, adding that four policemen were injured and three wanted men were arrested.Salah al-Din has an area of 24,751 square kilometers (9,556.4 sq mi). The estimated population for 2003 was 2,146,500 people.Located in Central Iraq, north of Baghdad, it is a mainly Sunni province with only two Shiite districts, namely Balad and al-Dujail. Its capital city is Tikrit, the hometown of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. It also includes other important districts like Baiji, north of Tikrit, 175 km north of Baghdad.
The province also contains the significantly larger city of Samarra. Before 1976 the province was part of the governorate of Baghdad.
It is named after Saladin (written Salah ah Din in modern Arabic), an ethnic Kurd and hero of the 12th century. Salahuddin province is a variant version of the province’s name. SS (S)
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