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| Death toll from Iran mosque attacks rises to 26 |
| 2010-07-17 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] The death toll from twin suicide bombings at a Shiite mosque in heavily Sunni southeast Iran has risen to 26, a local lawmaker told IRNA news agency on Friday. Hossein Ali Shahriari, parliamentarian from the city of Zahedan where the twin attacks occurred on Thursday, put the number of wounded at more than 300. "This explosion has left 26 people killed and more than 300 wounded. The toll may increase further," Shahriari was quoted as saying by IRNA. Among those killed were a members of the elite Revolutionary Guards, Iran's deputy Interior Minister in charge of security Ali Abdollahi said. IRNA said the second attack was so strong that "body parts were scattered around the Grand Mosque." The Sunni Muslim rebel group Jundollah said it was behind the attacks, telling Al Arabiya TV in an e-mail that it had carried them out in retaliation for Iran's execution in June of the group's leader, Abdolmalek Rigi. Rigi was hanged after being convicted of carrying out other deadly attacks. Jundollah says it is fighting for the rights of Iran's Sunni Muslim minority. The suicide bombings took place near Zahedan's Grand Mosque, and Jundollah said they were carried out by relatives of Rigi and were aimed at a Revolutionary Guards gathering. The group said the suicide attacks were carried out by Abdolbaset Rigi and Mohammad Rigi ... and warned of more operations to come. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Where's my pico-violin? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-07-17 03:47 |