A source in the Diyala Police reported today, Friday, that a security force arrested 3 suspects in the assassination of the Director of the Water Project in Abu Saida, northeast of Baqubah, in a qualitative and standard operation.
The source told the News Video Agency that the suspects were transferred to a detention center for investigation and to record their statements and confessions regarding the incident.
This comes concurrently with the discovery yesterday evening, Thursday, of the body of the Director of the Water Department in Abu Saida, Abbas Jawad Okkash, northeast of Diyala.
Reports confirmed yesterday that "the victim was found dead with gunshot wounds inside an orchard, with no information about the perpetrators or details of the incident," indicating that "the police recorded the incident as (criminal) according to preliminary indicators," noting that "the victim's relatives began to file a complaint against several suspects."