Abdolmalek Rigi, ringleader of the
Pakistan-based terrorist group of Jundallah has been captured in eastern
Iran.
The public relations department of the Iranian Intelligence Ministry
said on Tuesday that Rigi was arrested in an operation in eastern Iran.
The Jundallah group has claimed responsibility for numerous
terrorist attacks in Iran.
The government of Iran has accused the group of committing mass
murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, carrying out bombings, targeting
civilians and government officials and acts of sabotage.
In their latest attack, which occurred on October 18, more than 40
Iranians, among them 15 members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps
(IRGC) in addition to several tribal elders, lost their lives when
Jundallah terrorists carried out an operation in the border region of
Pishin, which is located in Iran’s southeastern province of
Sistan-Baluchestan.
AR/DT
