Magus
December 16th, 2010, 09:16 AM
Two bombs near a mosque in south-eastern Iran have killed an estimated 39 people at a Shia mourning ceremony.
A Sunni Muslim rebel group, Jundallah, claimed it was responsible for the attack, which took place outside the Imam Hussein mosque in the port city of Chahbahar, near the border with Pakistan.
One of the attackers detonated a bomb outside the mosque and the other struck from inside a crowd of worshippers, state TV reported. Three women and and a three-month-old baby were among the dead, according to the Mehr news agency.
The bombing appeared to target a group or worshippers preparing to mark Ashura, which in Iran's religious calendar commemorates the death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussein.
"The main perpetrator of the terrorist attack which has killed and wounded a number of Iranians has been arrested," the governor of Chabahar, Ali Bateni, told Irna. "There were two terrorists who have been identified by police but they exploded one of their vests before any move."
Iran went on to blame Pakistan and its intelligence services, the ISI, for the attacks.
"These people [terrorists] are mostly based in Pakistan and especially in the city of Quetta and are backed by the ISI," the agency said. "The responsibility of all terrorist attacks, kidnappings and murders that happen in our eastern border with Pakistan is with the government of Pakistan and Pakistan should be held responsible for these attacks."
The Fars news agency said there were four bombers, two of them detonating explosives attached to their belts. A third was shot at by Iran's intelligence service and the fourth was arrested.
According to Fars, Mohammad Mozaffar of Iran's Red Crescent Society said his organisation had received threats for a few days prior to the bombings that a terrorist attack would take place in the region.
In recent years Jundallah, or Soldiers of God, has carried out attacks in the area, claiming to fight discrimination against the Sunni minority by the Shia majority.
In July two explosions in the same province, Sistan-Baluchestan, killed at least 27 people. Jundallah said that attack was revenge for the execution of its leader, Abdulmalik Rigi, the previous month.
Jundallah has operated from bases in Pakistan. Iranian officials claim it receives support from the west but Washington denies this and in November began listing Jundallah as a terrorist organisation.
Drug traffickers and smugglers also are active along the barren frontier area of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan and have launched attacks on security forces.
In October last year a suicide bomber killed at least 29 people in the volatile region, including several Revolutionary Guard commanders. The victims included the guards' deputy commander, General Noor Ali Shooshtari, thought to be the most senior member killed in recent years.
Source (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/15/iran-chahbahar-suicide-bombing-mosque)
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A Sunni Muslim rebel group, Jundallah, claimed it was responsible for the attack, which took place outside the Imam Hussein mosque in the port city of Chahbahar, near the border with Pakistan.
One of the attackers detonated a bomb outside the mosque and the other struck from inside a crowd of worshippers, state TV reported. Three women and and a three-month-old baby were among the dead, according to the Mehr news agency.
The bombing appeared to target a group or worshippers preparing to mark Ashura, which in Iran's religious calendar commemorates the death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussein.
"The main perpetrator of the terrorist attack which has killed and wounded a number of Iranians has been arrested," the governor of Chabahar, Ali Bateni, told Irna. "There were two terrorists who have been identified by police but they exploded one of their vests before any move."
Iran went on to blame Pakistan and its intelligence services, the ISI, for the attacks.
"These people [terrorists] are mostly based in Pakistan and especially in the city of Quetta and are backed by the ISI," the agency said. "The responsibility of all terrorist attacks, kidnappings and murders that happen in our eastern border with Pakistan is with the government of Pakistan and Pakistan should be held responsible for these attacks."
The Fars news agency said there were four bombers, two of them detonating explosives attached to their belts. A third was shot at by Iran's intelligence service and the fourth was arrested.
According to Fars, Mohammad Mozaffar of Iran's Red Crescent Society said his organisation had received threats for a few days prior to the bombings that a terrorist attack would take place in the region.
In recent years Jundallah, or Soldiers of God, has carried out attacks in the area, claiming to fight discrimination against the Sunni minority by the Shia majority.
In July two explosions in the same province, Sistan-Baluchestan, killed at least 27 people. Jundallah said that attack was revenge for the execution of its leader, Abdulmalik Rigi, the previous month.
Jundallah has operated from bases in Pakistan. Iranian officials claim it receives support from the west but Washington denies this and in November began listing Jundallah as a terrorist organisation.
Drug traffickers and smugglers also are active along the barren frontier area of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan and have launched attacks on security forces.
In October last year a suicide bomber killed at least 29 people in the volatile region, including several Revolutionary Guard commanders. The victims included the guards' deputy commander, General Noor Ali Shooshtari, thought to be the most senior member killed in recent years.
Source (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/15/iran-chahbahar-suicide-bombing-mosque)
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