Iran forces kill four Jundallah members in southeast: Report

Four senior members of the group were killed in an ambush in Sistan-Baluchestan province.


Afp February 22, 2012

TEHRAN: Security forces in Iran have killed four members of an armed Sunni Muslim rebel group, Jundallah, in the southeast, the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.

Four senior members of the group were killed in an ambush overseen by the intelligence ministry in Sistan-Baluchestan province, IRNA said.

It added that a policeman was also killed in the gunfight.

It did not provide further details.

Jundallah (Army of God), whose leader Abdolmalek Rigi was hanged in June 2010, has waged a deadly insurgency in southeastern Iran for almost a decade. It has claimed a number of attacks against civilians and officials in the region.

Overwhelmingly Shiite Iran has a significant Sunni ethnic Baluch minority in Sistan-Baluchestan, which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Iranian officials claim the group has received support from the intelligence services of the United States, Britain and Pakistan.

COMMENTS (5)

Baqar | 12 years ago | Reply

Thats the way to do it...if you put them on trial they will get free due to lack of evidence because the witness will be killed on his way to court ( this is the famous way of getting free of a terrorist group in Pakistan). The best thing is when you can kill the parasite why harbor it in jail where he can rot other prisoners.

Cautious | 12 years ago | Reply

It would appear that they were ambushed - just like when they killed Pakistani's. - no attempt to capture or put on trial.

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