Publish Date: 7 December 2021 - 11:15

TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – A terrorist group was identified and dismantled in the city of Kadhimiya, the Iraqi intelligence service announced.

The Iraqi Security Media Cell announced on Tuesday that a terrorist who intended to carry out a terrorist operation in an Iraqi market was identified and arrested.

According to the report, the terrorist was arrested inside a hotel in the city of Kadhimiya. He is the brother of the terrorist who carried out a terrorist operation in Kadhimiya last June. 

Following his arrest,  the other members of the terrorist group were also identified and detained and their hideout destroyed. 

Last June, a terrorist blast in the city of Kadhimiya killed at least three people and injured 14 others.

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