Gunmen Seize US$240,000 From Iraqi Army

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Gunmen Seize US$240,000 From Iraqi Army
Iraqi Police Arrest Six Army Officers Under Suspicion of Involvement
Posted 4 hr. 32 min. ago


Unidentified gunmen near Karbala reportedly ambushed a Iraqi military convoy transporting money for the Army unit's salaries, making away with 350 million dinars (nearly $240,000) in the attack.

None of the Army officers were injured in the attack, causing police to arrest the men under suspicion of complicity in the robbery.

“Unknown armed men in three civilian cars managed to capture salaries of an Iraqi army unit, 350 million Iraqi dinars, in an ambushed prepared for two army vehicles,” an official, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

“The gunmen stopped the two vehicles, which were carrying six officers, from a military unit in al-Nasr neighborhood, southwest of Karbala, disarmed them, confiscated the money and fled to unknown place,” the source explained.

“The police arrested the six officers and started an investigation on the incident,” he noted, adding no further details.

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