Category: Judicial

Karbala The Anti-narcotics detachments of the Holy Karbala Police Command arrested a gang of four people who traded with drugs.

A police statement stated that after receiving a report about a gang dealing in narcotic substances, the Police Chief directed the follow-up of the case and the formation of a working team consisting of anti-drug detachments and the camp police station to begin collecting sufficient information and bringing the wanted persons to justice, where the team reached all the gang members, numbering four, and they were all arrested in their possession narcotics.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Baquba The Diyala Police Command announced the arrest of one of the largest human organs dealers.

Spokesman for the Police Command, Brigadier-General Nihad Muhammad Hassan, said in a statement that one of the largest dealers in selling “kidneys” was arrested in a qualitative operation based on accurate intelligence information by the Diyala Intelligence Directorate, in coordination with the Anti-Human Trafficking Division of the Diyala Anti-Crime Division.

He added that, through preliminary investigations, the merchant admitted that he had brought a number of people to the Kurdistan region for the purpose of selling their human organs.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Basra Dozens of the guards of the security company operating in the “West Qurna 1” field, north of Basra, closed the gate of an oil station, to demand that they be contracted with them permeantly in the Basra Oil Company, because they are relatives of martyrs of the popular Mobilization.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Kirkuk A security source announced that the police detachments managed to arrest a person who threw a grenade at a house.

The source said that the police detachments received a report that a grenade was thrown at the house of a citizen in the Azadi police station sector, north of the city, and were able to arrest the perpetrator of the crime without any injuries.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Hilla The Civil Defense in Al-Haswa area of Alexandria district, north of Hilla, was able to put out a fire that broke out in a house due to the explosion of a gas cylinder, and spread to two other houses.

Civil Defense Media Director Aqil Abdullah said, “The civil defense teams in Al-Haswa area of Alexandria district, north of Hilla, were able today, Wednesday, to put out a fire that broke out in one of the houses and spread to two other houses before they were able to extinguish it without injuries.

He added that the area is small, random and overlapping houses, which facilitated the spread of the fire, indicating that the police opened an investigation into the incident.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Baghdad The General Union of Arab Journalists called for an international investigation to be present to reveal the circumstances of the assassination of journalist Sherine Abu Aqelah.

The President of the Federation of Arab Journalists, Moayad Al-Lami, said in a statement, “The General Federation of Arab Journalists is following with satisfaction the decision of the Minister of Justice in the US government to open an investigation into the assassination of the famous journalist Sherine Abu Aqelah, and to assign the competent authority to conduct this investigation, expressing his hope that an independent investigation will be conducted into the crime of the assassination of the martyr journalist, Sherine Abu Aqelah, by the Zionist occupation forces, and her martyrdom as a result of her direct injury to the head.

Al-Lami added, according to the statement, “the General Union of Arab Journalists calls for an international investigation to be attended by a delegation from the union to reveal the circumstances of this horrific crime that claimed the life of the martyred Palestinian journalist Sherine Abu Aqelah. It also calls on all international media organizations and human rights organizations to condemn this heinous crime and to prosecute its perpetrators so that they do not go unpunished.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Al-Amarah The security forces in Maysan broke up a clan quarrel that erupted in one of the areas of the city of Al-Amarah, the center of the governorate, and arrested both parties.

The Maysan Police Directorate said in a statement: “After news of the outbreak of a clan quarrel that developed into the use of weapons, the Maysan Police Department directed the emergency police detachments and patrols to the scene of the quarrel and imposed a security cordon to pursue and arrest the perpetrators.”

It added, “10 people from both sides were arrested and referred to the relevant investigation center to complete the necessary legal procedures against them.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Mosul Civil Defense teams recovered three bodies during the process of removing rubble in the right side of Mosul.

A security source told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA/: “The Civil Defense teams recovered three unidentified bodies, which are skeletal remains, from Al-Zanjili area in the right side of Mosul.”

The source added: “The bodies were handed over to the forensic medicine department.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Baquba The Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Diyala confirmed that harsh labor, social problems and lack of rights affect large segments of the province’s children.

The Director of the office, Salah al-Majami, told the correspondent of the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) that Diyala children suffer from school dropouts, family disintegration, and the practice of some dangerous jobs as a result of the absence of laws that protect children.

He added that the most prominent problems affecting Diyala’s childhood are divorce cases and the deterioration of the economic and living conditions that prompted children to resort to harsh labor and work in workshops and works that are not appropriate for their age. He called for developing a strategy to protect children in Iraq and provide the requirements for a decent life, and implement programs and plans to save children in Diyala by improving the living conditions of families to prevent children from dropping out of school, in addition to immunizing children from social networking sites that incite dissolution and disintegration, and confronting poisonous cultures that threaten societies.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Baghdad Four people were injured in an armed conflict east of Baghdad this afternoon, Wednesday.

A security source said: “An armed conflict erupted in Al-Shamaya area, east of Baghdad, against the background of a clan conflict, which led to the injury of four people.”

Armed conflicts have become a common and almost daily phenomenon in various regions of Iraq, especially in the center and south.

These conflicts are usually due to clan disputes or social and economic problems, which quickly turn into armed clashes.

The spread of this phenomenon helped the spread of weapons and the lack of legal recourse. These conflicts often lead to dead and wounded, in addition to spreading an atmosphere of panic and insecurity among the people.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Baghdad A force from the 54th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization seized 11 missiles left by ISIS terrorist remnants in Anbar Governorate.

The Media Directorate of the Popular Mobilization stated in a statement: “The missiles were found during a security operation in Al-Laheeb area within the Karma district, based on accurate intelligence information.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Baquba Unidentified gunmen assassinated a civilian near Baladrooz district in Diyala governorate.

A security source told the correspondent of the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) that unknown gunmen assassinated a civilian by shooting him while he was near his house on the outskirts of Baladrouz, east of Baquba, and they fled.

He added that the victim’s body was transferred to the forensic medicine department. Meanwhile, the security services opened an investigation into the accident.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency