Main perpetrator of 2015 Ainkawa terror attack arrested

The Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC) stated on Monday that its Counter-Terrorism forces have arrested one of the main perpetrators of the 2015 terror attack in Ainkawa, Erbil.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) – The Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC) stated on Monday that its Counter-Terrorism forces have arrested one of the main perpetrators of the 2015 terror attack in Ainkawa, Erbil.

The Directorate of the Counter-Terrorism in an operation outside of the Kurdistan Region arrested the principal perpetrator of the terror attack in Erbil, The KRSC said in a statement.

On April 17, 2015, a car bomb exploded in front of a café in Ainkawa, near US Consulate General, killing three civilians and wounding five others.

Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack.

“Following the attack, terrorist Ali Sleman Othman, one of the main suspects, had managed to escape Kurdistan Region, using a fake ID in the name of Hiwa Muhammed Ismael," KRSC stated.

"He was arrested in an operation by the Directorate of the Counter-Terrorism outside of the Kurdistan Region,” the KRSC statement added.

In a statement in 2015 KRSC had said that one of the main perpetrators of Ainkawa terror attack managed to escape.

KRSC’s Directorate of Counter-Terrorism arrested 17 others who reportedly had links to the plot.

On June 13, 2016, the individuals responsible for the Ankawa terror attack had their hearing at Kurdistan Region.

Erbil Criminal Court sentenced seven members of the Islamic State (IS) to death and the other 10 to life imprisonment.

The KRSC intelligence operations in the past have led to the arrest and death of several IS leaders and members.

 

Editing by Ava Homa

Ali Sleman Othman, one of the perpetrators of 'terror attack' near US Consulate General in Erbil, Kurdistan Region.
Ali Sleman Othman, one of the perpetrators of 'terror attack' near US Consulate General in Erbil, Kurdistan Region.
The fake ID used by IS 'terrorist,' Ali Sleman Othman.
The fake ID used by IS 'terrorist,' Ali Sleman Othman.