Thi-Qar police chief denies reports of seizing 20 motorcycles rigged with explosives

THI-QAR, Sept.21 (Iraqi News) Thi-Qar police chief on Sunday said intelligence reports revealed 20 motorcycles rigged with explosives had entered the southern province. “News reports that 20 motorcycles rigged with explosives had been seized were basesless”Brig.Gen Sabah al-Fatlawi, Thi-Qar police chief, told IraqiNews.com-Voices of Iraq(Iraqi News). “Police forces set plans to seized 20 motorcycles rigged with explosives the intelligence tips received indicated they had entered the provinces,” he added. The police official noted security measures to contain the threats led security forces to “seize 139 suspected motorcyles”.  When the police chief asked about the identity of bombers of north Thi-Qar two days ago, he said “police information databases indicated they fled a crackdown in Basra and were trained in a neighbouring country”. Earlier, al-Fatlawi told IraqiNews.com VOI. a car with two persons on board, who carry an amount of C4 to booby-trap it, went off near al-Holandi checkpoint, north of Nassiriya, on the road that links the city to al-Shatra district, killing them on the spot”. “Policemen found an identification card of the two dead men and he is a wanted man” he explained. Thi-Qar was the second Iraqi province where security responsibilities were transferred from the Multi-National Force (MNF) to the Iraqis. The province’s capital is the city of al-Nassiriya. It also includes the ancient Sumerian ruins of Ur, Eridu, Lagash and Ngirsu. Before 1976 the province was known as al-Muntafiq. AM(S) 67