INSS announces the arrest of the perpetrators of Al-Salamat checkpoint bombing

Baghdad-INA
Iraqi National Security Service(INSS) announced on Sunday, the arrest of the perpetrators of the bombing of Salamiyat checkpoint north of Baghdad.
 
The spokesman for INSS, Arshad Al-Hakim, said in a video clip monitored by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The circumstances of the bombing of the Salamiyat checkpoint north of Baghdad, which occurred on September 9, and resulted in the martyrdom of a soldier and a citizen working as a delivery driver, and the injury of three other elements, have been revealed."
 
He added that "the apparatus' detachments intensified their intelligence, field and technical efforts after the incident to pursue those involved," indicating that "the identity of one of the suspects was determined and after obtaining judicial approvals, he was arrested."
 
Al-Hakim stated that "when confronted with the evidence, he confessed to his participation in carrying out the operation after receiving an explosive device from another accused who was also arrested," noting that "the investigations revealed that the first accused used social media sites disguised as a girl to lure one of the checkpoint members and placed an explosive device inside a delivery order and sent it with the bike driver who was not aware of this, which led to its explosion when it was opened."
 
He stressed that "the statements of the accused were recorded in accordance with the law and they were referred to the competent authorities to take the necessary measures against them in accordance with the law."