Security forces in Maysan arrested an accused who stabbed a Turkish worker working in Al-Hakim Hospital in Amara, the center of the governorate. A statement by the Maysan Police Command stated: "A force from the Maysan Crime Control Department, in cooperation with the Intelligence Cell, was able to surround the location of the accused and arrested him according to Article 405 of Attempted Murder." The statement added: "The accused confessed to stabbing the Turkish citizen when he was going to shop at a store, waiting for the street to be empty of passers-by and committing the crime, explaining that there were differences with the company as it had terminated his contract with it." Source: National Iraqi News Agency