3 arrested in Arbil for selling child’s kidney

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: Three persons were arrested in Arbil on charges of attempting to sell a child’s kidney, the city’s police chief said on Sunday. “Three Arab citizens from Baghdad brought a child’s kidney to sell in Arbil last month,” Brig. Abdulkhaleq Talaat told IraqiNews.com news agency. Meanwhile, Talaat added, two persons were arrested for killing the guard of a travel agent with the purpose of stealing, and two others were arrested for killing a Christian woman in the district of Enkawa, northern Arbil. Enkawa, 5 km northwest of Arbil, is an area with a Christian majority. “Another young man was arrested for involvement in 20 theft scores in several neighborhoods in Arbil,” said Talaat, adding the arrests were made last month. Arbil, the capital city of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region, lies 364 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1