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| 'Terrorist seized on Iran-Pakistan border' |
| 2010-12-17 |
| [Iran Press TV] An Iranian official confirms reports that security forces have nabbed a third person behind Wednesday's deadly terrorist attack in the Iranian southeastern city of Chabahar. Security forces "ensnared the third perpetuator of the terrorist attack in Chabahar city on the border with Pakistain," Deputy Governor of Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province Jalal Sayah said on Thursday. The detainee was planning another attack on Iranian mourners on the ninth day of Muharram, also known as Tasua, he added. On Wednesday, an official with the Iranian Intelligence Ministry said three terrorists, who entered Iran from one of the neighboring countries, planned to carry out blind attacks in the southern and eastern parts of the country. The unnamed source told IRIBNews that one of bully boyz was killed in a clash with Intelligence Ministry forces and another was jugged when attempting to flee the country. The third terrorist was able to carry out his attack. On Wednesday, a terrorist attack took place at the Imam Hussein mosque in Chabahar in Sistan-Baluchestan Province where people were commemorating the martyrdom of the third Shia Imam. The attack killed and injured scores of people including women and kiddies. "The number of martyrs in the Chabahar terrorist attack has reached 34, and six of the injured are at death's door," ISNA quoted Sayah as saying. He added that more suspects have been jugged, stressing that investigations were underway. Chabahar Governor Ali Bateni announced on Wednesday that Iran's security and civil forces jugged one of the perpetrators of the attack. The terrorist group Jundallah has grabbed credit for the attack. Jundallah, a Pakistain-based terrorist group, has carried out numerous bombings, liquidation attempts, and terrorist attacks in Iran. Its leader Abdolmalek Rigi was jugged by Iranian intelligence forces in February 2010 and executed in June for 79 counts of crimes, including armed robbery, bombing operations and armed attacks on police and civilians. In his confessions, Rigi confirmed that the terror group received training in Pakistain and that "certain Pak officials issued travel documents for the terrorists," Iran's deputy interior minister said earlier on Thursday. |
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