Six detained over Karbala bombing

Authorities have arrested six suspects, including a citizen of a former Soviet republic, on suspicion of involvement in the weekend’s deadly explosion in the holy Shiite city of Karbala which killed 13 people, a police official said today.

The unidentified foreigner allegedly admitted he had been trained by Osama bin Laden’s terror network, al-Qaida, in a European country, said police spokesman Rahman Meshawy.