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Iran arrests 3 ‘terrorists’ for suicide bomb attack
TEHRAN, Feb 18, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said
Monday it has arrested three “terrorists” involved in last week’s deadly
suicide bomb attack on security forces in southeastern Iran.
“Safe houses in (the cities of) Saravan and Khash were identified and
eliminated, and the terrorists based in them were arrested,” the force said
on its official Sepah news agency.
“Three of the terrorists were arrested and 150 kilograms (330 pounds) of
explosives and 600 kilograms of explosive materials as well as weapons and
ammunition were confiscated,” it said.
The Guards said the three arrested had “produced, guided and supported” the
vehicle used in Wednesday’s suicide bombing.
The bombing killed 27 members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards travelling on
a bus in the volatile province of Sistan-Baluchistan, which straddles the
border with Pakistan. The attack was claimed by the jihadist outfit Jaish al-
Adl (Army of Justice).
Iran has provided Pakistani officials with “information on the terrorist
groups’ hidden and semi-hidden training centres”, army chief-of-staff
Mohammad Bagheri told Tasnim news agency.
Guards commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari has accused Pakistan’s
army and intelligence agency of sheltering the jihadists.
On Sunday, the foreign ministry summoned the Pakistani ambassador in
Tehran and urged Islamabad to “seriously confront… the terrorist groups
active on its border” with Iran.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1734 hrs