Iraqi authorities arrested the ISIS terrorist group’s explosives-planting mastermind, announced the country’s intelligence service on Wednesday.
The unnamed official was lured into an ambush in the Albou Tayban region in al-Anbar, it said.
He was arrested with three rifles, binoculars and a hand grenade in his possession.
The detainee took part in the execution of a number of terrorist operations through the planting of explosives. These operations have killed and injured a number of Iraqi security forces.
On Tuesday, military intelligence had arrested a prominent terrorist west of Baghdad.
The detainee was involved in a number of terrorist attacks against civilians and security forces in the al-Madaen area, it added.
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