The arrest of Mazlum Dağ was announced by the Kurdistan Regional Government on Saturday, three days after he was suspected of killing a Turkish diplomat at a restaurant in Erbil, the capital city of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
"The main perpetrator responsible for the Erbil restaurant shooting on July 17 has now been arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Unit of Kurdistan Region, following a large-scale search operation. He has been named as Mazlum Dağ," read a statement from the office of the spokesperson of the KRG.
A total of 4 people reportedly were captured along with Mazlum Dağ.
"We commend the security forces, counter-terrorism unit, and people of Kurdistan, and ensure that operations will continue until all individuals involved in the shooting are arrested and brought to justice," the KRG statement added."We want to inform the public that the criminal Mazlum Dag, whose photo was published two days ago as wanted by the Kurdistan Counter-Terrorism Facebook page, was detained by the Erbil Asayesh (Security) Directorate and Kurdistan Counterterrorism Unit (Kurdistan CT), is in custody now," the statement read.
"We want to thank the people of the Kurdistan Region for their support and help, more details to be announced soon," KRG statement said.
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