Arabiya TV says killers of Iraq reporter arrested

DUBAI, Mar 18 (Reuters) Dubai-based Al Arabiya television said today the suspected killers of its Iraq correspondent Atwar Bahjat have been captured in Samarra.

The station said the arrest was announced by Iraqi Defence Minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi. It did not give further details.

Bahjat and two others were killed in February.

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