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Iraqi police captures key suspect of Samara shrine bombing | |
2007-09-07 | |
![]() The suspect is accused of collaborating with the gunmen who blew up the mosque in February 2006, which sparked sectarian killing and reprisal attacks between the Shiite and Sunni communities that claimed the lives of dozens of thousands of people, al-Jubouri said. According to him, the security forces arrested the suspect in eastern part of the city of Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, at about 6:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday.
Al-Askari shrine, one of the most holiest sites for Shiite Muslims, was attacked last year by gunmen believed to be affiliated to the al-Qaida in Iraq network. The bombing destroyed the golden dome of the shrine, but no human casualty reported. | |
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