Channelnewsasia.com: "ARBIL, Iraq : A Yemeni man was arrested on suspicion of plotting deadly twin suicide bombings in northern Iraq, as Islamist militants allegedly linked to Al-Qaeda said they carried out the carnage.
The suspect was arrested in a hotel in the northern oil centre of Kirkuk, with explosives found in his possession, a television station owned by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) reported.
Earlier Wednesday, a senior Kurdish official said the bombs used in the attacks bore the hallmarks of explosives used by Palestinian suicide bombers in the Middle East.
If confirmed, this would mark the first time such explosives have been used in war-torn Iraq, the PUK official said on condition of anonymity.
As a result, the official said initial investigations pointed to "indications that the authors of the Arbil attacks were trained abroad."
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The suspect was arrested in a hotel in the northern oil centre of Kirkuk, with explosives found in his possession, a television station owned by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) reported.
Earlier Wednesday, a senior Kurdish official said the bombs used in the attacks bore the hallmarks of explosives used by Palestinian suicide bombers in the Middle East.
If confirmed, this would mark the first time such explosives have been used in war-torn Iraq, the PUK official said on condition of anonymity.
As a result, the official said initial investigations pointed to "indications that the authors of the Arbil attacks were trained abroad."
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