Basra police arrest Aug. 7 bombers

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: The culprits of the central Basra bombing attack on Aug. 7 and claimed the lives of 34 persons and wounded 185 others was arrested on Friday, according to the province’s police department chief. “The Basra police arrested all three perpetrators of the central Basra attack that had rocked the street of Abdullah bin Ali in the area of al-Ashar,” Maj. General Adil Dahham told IraqiNews.com news agency. The oil-rich port city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 2