Assassins of human rights activist arrested
March 12, 2009 - 12:58:56
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Iraqi Interior Ministry on Thursday said that it arrested the assassins of Dr. Ali al-Adhadh, a physics scholar, human rights activists and senior member of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), according to AL-IRAQIYA semi-official TV station.
“The assassins of Dr. al-Adhadh, his wife and 18 other people were arrested,” General Abdilkareem Khalaf, director of the ministry’s national defense center, told the station.
The channel did not report more details.
Al-Adhadh and his wife were assassinated on Nov. 18, 2006 in al-Maamoon neighborhood, western Baghdad.
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