75 Terrorists Detained After Iraq Twin Bombings
Iraqi and US forces have detained at least 75 people, including some Al-Qaeda militants, after twin bombings north of Baghdad which killed 35 people, an Iraqi army officer said on Saturday.
On Thursday, two suicide bombers blew themselves up within minutes of each other in the town of Balad Ruz in the restive province of Diyala during a wedding party.
Major General Abdel Karim al-Rubaie, head of the provincial military command, said security forces had arrested 75 people, some of them from Al-Qaeda in Iraq, in connection with the attacks.
“We conducted operations in southern Balad Ruz to clear the areas controlled by Al-Qaeda after the bomb attacks. We have cleared eight areas till now and detained 75 people, some of them are related to Al-Qaeda,” he told AFP.
The US military on Friday accused Al-Qaeda in Iraq of carrying out the bombings which also wounded 66 people.
Diyala is one of the most dangerous regions in Iraq where US and Iraqi forces are battling Al-Qaeda militants for several months.
(AFP)
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