Shafaq News-Babil
Police inIraq’s Babil province on Friday detained a suspect wanted on terrorism chargesafter identifying him through a screening process at a security checkpoint.
According tothe Babil Police Command, the suspect was detained after authorities matchedhis personal records with a database of individuals classified as “high-risk”terrorism suspects.
Thedetainee, born in 1998 and residing in Dhi Qar province, was wanted underArticle 4/1 of Iraq’s 2005 Anti-Terrorism Law based on an arrest warrant issuedon April 28, 2026, by the Al-Rusafa Central Investigative Court.
Authoritiesdid not provide details about the case.
Article 4 ofthe Anti-Terrorism Law imposes the death penalty on individuals directlyinvolved in terrorism-related acts, including perpetrators, accomplices,planners, financiers, and those who incite or facilitate such crimes. The lawalso prescribes life imprisonment for anyone who knowingly conceals terroristactivity or shelters suspects linked to such offenses.
In April,Iraq’s National Security Service announced the arrest of 18 suspects onterrorism charges.
