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Coalition Forces detained three suspected secret cell terrorists Sunday morning, including an alleged senior leader in the organization, during operations in southeastern Baghdad.

Coalition Forces raided several buildings and captured three suspected members of a secret cell terrorist network known for its use of explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, as well as facilitating the transport of weapons and EFPs from Iran to Iraq, and bringing militants from Iraq to Iran for terrorist training.

One of the detainees is an alleged senior leader within the secret cell group known for personally coordinating and implementing the use of EFPs.

After the ground force secured one of the buildings, one man inside who was initially compliant jumped to his feet and fled to another room. Coalition Forces determined he was a hostile threat and used appropriate self-defense measures to mitigate the threat, engaging and killing him.