Shafaq News / Sulaymaniyah Police Directorate in Kurdistan Region arrested on Wednesday 3 people who blackmailed a 20 year old girl and threatened to publish her photos on the pages of social networking sites.

The directorate said in a statement today that a girl named (R, R, H) born in 1999 filed a complaint to Serchnar police station against 3 people who threatened to publish her pictures on social media if she did not pay them a sum of money.

The statement added that the police station launched an investigation after collecting accurate information and obtaining an order from the judge to arrest the three suspects.

The statement said that the three defendants, namely: (A, E, E) born 2001, (M, E, M) born 2002, and the accused (A, Q, F) born 2002 were placed in detention according to Article 2 Related to misuse of digital communications.