Over a Dozen Takfiri Terrorists Captured in Khuzestan

Date: 27 May 2020 - 21:53

News ID: ۷۹۰۱۳

TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iran has arrested 14 people affiliated to Takfiri separatist groups in Mahshahr, Khuzestan police chief Brigadier General Heydar Abbaszadeh said Wednesday.
The suspects had opened fire at police posts and Basij offices, hoisted the flag of the Al-Ahwazia terrorist group across the city and carried banners in support of the group, sending video clips of their activities abroad.
Eight of the terrorists were captured during four rounds of police operations which involved shootouts, while six others were arrested as they sought to raise terrorist flags.
Five motorcycles and 12 cellphones were also confiscated from the suspects who were handed down to judiciary officials, Abbaszadeh said.
In September 2018, four gunmen attacked a military parade in the southern Iranian city of Ahvaz, martyring at least 25 people, including a four-year-old boy, and wounding 69 others.
Gunmen opened fire on people from behind a viewing stand during a parade held to mark Iran’s eight-year defense against the invasion of the country by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the 1980s. Al-Ahwazia claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack.