BAGHDAD, Iraq has arrested five “terrorists,” who were charged with crimes including killing, imprisoning and torturing citizens, in the country’s northern province of Salahudin, an official source said yesterday.

During several preemptive operations, the Interior Ministry’s intelligence agency “was able to arrest five wanted terrorists, for their affiliation with the Daesh gangs,” said a press release, issued by the Security Media Cell (SMC), a media outlet affiliated with Iraq’s armed forces.

The SMC didn’t reveal details about the time of the arrests.

Over the past months, Iraqi security forces have conducted operations against extremist militants, to crack down on their intensified activities.

Source: NAM News Network