“Dujail police, backed by forces of the Counter-Terrorism Service, arrested three suicide bombers, who were planning to attack several sites used by Shias for performing their Moharram rituals,” the source told Ayn Al Iraq news website.

According to the source, “the police forces also seized five explosive belts that were ready to be used in the bomb attack.”

On Monday, an Iraqi policeman was killed and three others were wounded after a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up outside Hadithah General Hospital in Anbar governorate.

Iraq declared victory over Daesh militants in December, ending a three-year war to retake areas occupied by the militants in 2014.