Iraq forces arrest top insurgent: Spokesman

September 27, 2012 23:36

AFP reports: Iraqi security forces have arrested an insurgent allegedly involved in more than 30 attacks, a security spokesman said today, as the number of people killed across the country in September reached 200.

The insurgent, who was not identified by name, 'admitted to carrying out more than 30 assassination and bombing operations', including setting off a car bomb in the Hurriyah area of the capital earlier this month, Baghdad Operations Command spokesman Colonel Dhia al-Wakil said in a statement.

A car bomb in Hurriyah killed three people and wounded 14 others on September 9, one of more than 30 attacks across Iraq that day.

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