Baghdad (NINA) – Military Intelligence Directorate has arrested a terrorist in Tal Afar district who intimidates and threatens citizens with terrorist operations during Eid Al-Fitr.
A statement by the Directorate stated that based on intelligence information that indicated the presence of an explosive device planted in the village of Bir Al-Hilu in Al-Ayadiyah sub-district in the Tal Afar district, coordination with the Intelligence Directorate of the West Nineveh Operations Command, where the detachments of the Intelligence Directorate in the 15th Division and a division of the second regiment of the 73rd Infantry Brigade began heading towards the target, reaching the device, and it appeared to be a fake, and next to it was a threatening card attributed to ISIS terrorist gangs vowing to carry out terrorist operations during the blessed Eid al-Fitr.
As a result, it added, the military intelligence detachments and their supporting force cordoned off the area and launched a search and inspection operation for the perpetrator, which resulted in locating and arresting the terrorist who confessed to planting the device and writing the threat in order to spread terror among the citizens and destabilize the security and stability of his area during the Eid./ End
Source: National Iraqi News Agency