5 ISIS members captured in west Mosul: Nineveh police
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Nineveh police say they captured five ISIS members in west Mosul on Saturday. One of those arrested allegedly worked for Hisbah – the notorious arm of ISIS responsible for enforcing the group’s strict religious laws.
“The 12th emergency regiment of the Nineveh Police Command, based on precise information, has captured a Daesh [ISIS] member working in what is known as Hisbah during the time of Daesh control over Mosul,” reads a statement from the Security Media Center, quoting a spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior.
The ISIS member was captured on the west bank of the Tigris River in the Tiseen neighborhood.
Two ISIS intelligence officers and two armed combatants were also captured. Three of them were also arrested in the Tiseen neighborhood.
All of those captured were wanted men, based on Article 4 of Iraq’s counterterrorism laws.
Although the Iraqi government declared victory over ISIS in December 2017, the group still has sleeper cells across the country. Its remnants in Mosul are hiding among the populace. Hamam Alil, a town to the south of Mosul city, remains an extremist hotbed.
Mosul was captured by ISIS in the summer of 2014. It was finally liberated in the summer of 2017.
“The 12th emergency regiment of the Nineveh Police Command, based on precise information, has captured a Daesh [ISIS] member working in what is known as Hisbah during the time of Daesh control over Mosul,” reads a statement from the Security Media Center, quoting a spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior.
The ISIS member was captured on the west bank of the Tigris River in the Tiseen neighborhood.
Two ISIS intelligence officers and two armed combatants were also captured. Three of them were also arrested in the Tiseen neighborhood.
All of those captured were wanted men, based on Article 4 of Iraq’s counterterrorism laws.
Although the Iraqi government declared victory over ISIS in December 2017, the group still has sleeper cells across the country. Its remnants in Mosul are hiding among the populace. Hamam Alil, a town to the south of Mosul city, remains an extremist hotbed.
Mosul was captured by ISIS in the summer of 2014. It was finally liberated in the summer of 2017.