Police arrest wanted man in Karbala

February 5, 2009 - 07:29:45

KARBALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Police forces arrested a wanted man in western Karbala on Thursday morning, the media director of the Karbala police said.

“On the wee small hours of Thursday morning (Feb. 5), policemen managed to arrest a wanted man from the city of Najaf in al-Harr region in western Karbala after receiving intelligence information,” Major Alaa Abbas told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“He is wanted for perpetrating kidnapping operations in Najaf,” he noted.

Karbala is 110 km southwest of Baghdad.

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