60 arrested over Iraq bombings
Thursday, 29 October 2009 16:08More than 60 security force members, including 11 officers, have been arrested over twin bombings in Baghdad that killed 153 people.
Those arrested were deployed in the Salhiya section of the capital where the devastating suicide blasts on Sunday targeted government buildings and wrought havoc in the streets.
Army spokesman General Qasim Atta, spokesman for Baghdad military command, said: 'The commission of inquiry into the double attack on Sunday ordered the arrest of 11 officers of various ranks and 50 members of the security forces responsible for the protection of Salhiya'.
The health ministry said the death toll stood at 153 people with more than 500 wounded.
The attacks were claimed by al-Qaeda but blamed by the government on members of the outlawed Baath party stood.
