Iran border attack : Jaishul Adl claims responsibility
Jaishul Adl claims responsibility for an attack that killed 14 Iranian border guards.
TEHRAN:
Jaishul Adl has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 14 Iranian border guards in the country’s mountainous southeast, ISNA news agency reported on Sunday. The hitherto-unknown Jaishul Adl (Army of Justice) said on its website that it was behind Friday’s attack, calling it a “severe blow” for the Iranian government. The assault was launched in response “to the crimes of the Revolutionary Guards in Syria,” the group said in a statement posted on jaishuladl.blogspot.fr. Friday’s attack in the Iranian region of Sistan-Baluchestan on the Pakistani border killed 14 border guards and wounded seven others, prompting Iran to hang 16 prisoners at a jail in the province. Tehran said the militants crossed over from Pakistan fled back across the border after the attack. Deputy Interior Minister Ali Abdollahi called on the Pakistani government to “take measures to control the border more seriously”.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 28th, 2013.
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