Plot to Target Pilgrims in Iraq Foiled
Iraq's Security Media Unit announces the foiling of a plot to target Arbaeen pilgrims north of Babil Province.
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An attempt to target pilgrims north of Babil Province was foiled
Iraq's Security Media Cell announced foiling a plot north of Babil Province to target the pilgrims of Arbaeen, which is the commemoration of the 40th day following the martyrdom of Imam Hussein.
The cell also added that the Interior Ministry's Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency also found two explosive belts and an explosive charge rigged to detonate, which were aimed at targeting the pilgrims on their way to Karbala.
تواصل وكاله الاستخبارات والتحقيقات الاتحادية في وزارة الداخلية جهودها لتامين طريق زوار اربعينية الامام الحسين عليه السلام، ومن خلال عملية نوعية ومعلومات استباقية دقيقة، تمكنت وكالة الاستخبارات من احباط عملية استهداف الزائرين بعد تكثيف العمل والمتابعة المستمرة والجهد الفني... pic.twitter.com/gCYjeKYAEZ
— خلية الإعلام الأمني🇮🇶 (@SecMedCell) September 18, 2021
Hours before, the Cell also announced that Iraqi forces successfully captured an ISIS terrorist in the village of Khamsah, northern Baghdad.
