Iranian Police Arrest Culprits behind Saravan Terrorist Attacks
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian police forces have managed to arrest several perpetrators of terrorist attacks in the southeastern town of Saravan, near the border with Pakistan, in which four police officers were killed, Iran's police chief said.
“Currently, several people have been arrested and several others have fled to Pakistan, and the judiciary is pursuing (the issue),” Brigadier General Esmail Ahmadi Moqaddam told reporters on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Iran's Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi confirmed that the culprits have been caught and will go on trial.
A car bomb attack on a police station in the border city left one police officer dead and three others injured on Thursday morning, said Hedayatollah Mir Moradzehi, who represents the southeastern city of Saravan at the Iranian parliament.
The attack came a day after three other police forces were killed in a separate terrorist attack in the city.
“About 7 p.m. (local time) a fight was reported to the police and three police officers were dispatched to the area but it was a trap. Unfortunately, all three officers were shot dead in the place. The terrorists ran away after a group of Iranian police officers rushed to the area,” the Iranian lawmaker told the Tasnim News Agency about Wednesday attack.
Asked about a statement by the Jaish-ul-Adl terrorist group which claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks, Mir Moradzehi said there has been no official confirmation yet.
The Pakistani-based group has already carried out terrorist activities in the area.