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Shafaq News
Below is a summary of key security and public safety
incidents reported across Iraq on October 8, 2025.
– Kidnapped
Farmer Released (Kirkuk)
A man kidnapped last month in northern Kirkuk’s Altun Kupri
district was released under unclear circumstances. A security source said
another man abducted with him had earlier escaped despite sustaining injuries.
The two Kurdish farmers were seized in September by armed assailants in
military uniforms.
– Authorities
Arrest Senior Baath Figures (Dhi Qar)
Iraqi security forces detained several senior members of the
banned Baath Party in Dhi Qar’s Al-Nasiriyah city during what officials
described as the largest operation in years. The National Commission for
Accountability and Justice said PMF intelligence and local police targeted
suspects accused of trying to revive Baath activities.
– Security
Forces Arrest 10 ISIS Members (Multiple Provinces)
The Military Intelligence Directorate arrested 10 ISIS
militants, including two women, in multiple operations across Iraq.
– Police
Disband Criminal Groups (Baghdad)
In Baghdad, security forces dismantled two criminal gangs
involved in theft, fraud, and extortion, in addition to busted several suspects
for various offenses and seizing unlicensed weapons across the capital.
– Drug Dealer
apprehended (Baghdad)
Federal Police in coordination with anti-narcotics units
busted a drug dealer in Al-Tay area with nearly 3,000 pills in his possession.
– Court
Acquits Former MP Mohammed Al-Daini (Baghdad)
Iraq’s Federal Cassation Court overturned the prison
sentence of former lawmaker Mohammed Al-Daini, ruling there was insufficient
evidence to convict him of “insulting the Iraqi people.” The court ordered his
release, reversing a previous ruling issued in August that accused him of
offending the Shiite community and unlawfully seizing private property.
– Massive
Fire Erupts at Oil Plant (Al-Sulaymaniyah)
A large fire broke out at a motor oil production plant in
Tangro, Al-Sulaymaniyah, according to Civil Defense spokesperson Aram Ali. The
cause of the fire remains unknown, while cooling operations continue to prevent
re-ignition.
– First
Suicide Linked to Al-Qurban Sect (Kirkuk)
A young man from southern Kirkuk took his own life after
joining the outlawed “Al-Qurban” (Sacrifice) group, marking the first suicide
tied to the extremist movement in the province. A source told Shafaq News the
man was recruited through social media channels connected to the group.
– Pakistani
man Commits Suicide (Baghdad)
A Pakistani national working in the campaign office of a
parliamentary candidate in Baghdad’s Zayouna district hanged himself. Security
forces transferred the body to the forensic department and opened an
investigation into the circumstances.
– Police stop
Fugitive (Baghdad)
Authorities arrested a fugitive convicted of drug use,
forgery, and theft who had escaped from Badoush prison.
– Civil
Defense Officer Dies in Explosion (Dhi Qar)
A civil defense officer died when a cluster munition
exploded during clearance operations in a desert area south of Al-Nasiriyah.
The team was removing unexploded ordnance near an oil exploration site.
– Child
Injured in Billboard Accident (Nineveh)
A nine-year-old girl suffered severe head injuries in Mosul
after striking an electronic campaign billboard placed too close to the road.
Police launched an investigation, to identify who installed the billboard
without adhering to the legally required safety distance.
– Fuel
Station Director nabbed for Embezzlement (Nineveh)
The Federal Integrity Commission arrested the director of
Al-Shamal fuel station in Sinjar for embezzling over 300 million dinars from
oil product sales revenues.
