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Three held over Baghdad robbery | Three held over Baghdad robbery |
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Three people have been detained in Iraq in connection with a bank robbery in Baghdad earlier this week, in which eight security guards were killed. | Three people have been detained in Iraq in connection with a bank robbery in Baghdad earlier this week, in which eight security guards were killed. |
The interior ministry said all the money stolen from the Rafidain bank had been recovered - about $7m (£4m) worth of Iraqi dinars in total. | The interior ministry said all the money stolen from the Rafidain bank had been recovered - about $7m (£4m) worth of Iraqi dinars in total. |
A tip-off had led police to a house near the bank in the Karrada area of the Iraqi capital, the ministry said. | A tip-off had led police to a house near the bank in the Karrada area of the Iraqi capital, the ministry said. |
Police are still searching for a number of other suspects. | Police are still searching for a number of other suspects. |
Dawn raid | |
Witness accounts and security camera footage led police to the house belonging to an Iraqi army soldier. | |
Only his elderly parents were at home when the police arrived. | |
Tuesday's robbery was one of the biggest Baghdad had ever seen. | |
The gunmen stormed the bank at dawn, and fired at the security guards, before using dynamite to open the vault where the money was kept. | |
Security officials said there are links between the armed insurgency and organised crime in Iraq. | |
Questions have been raised about whether the robbers had help from an inside source. |
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