AGI) - Teheran, 18 Feb. - A bomb exploded today at the al-Ghadir mosque in Zahedan,the main city in the troubled south-eastern Sistan-Balochistan province, bordering Pakistan.
Local police sources, as reported by the semi-official 'FARS' press agency stated that the explosion caused material damage to the holy site, which is one of the most important in the city, but no-one was injured since it was only a stun-device, thrown from a motorbike inside the wing of the canteen area, which only was only intended to "generate panic". The area, in its position adjacent to Pakistan, is inhabited by the Baloch ethnic minority, who are Sunni muslims, compared to the Shiite majority in Iran. Clashes between the security forces and criminal gangs and drugs traffickers are frequent, as are those with militant insurrectionist groups such as 'Jundollah' or 'the Soldiers of Allah', which last December executed sixteen policemen who had been taken hostage in June.
Teheran accuses the movement of belonging to the 'al-Qaeda' network, but also to receive support and training from the United States and Great Britain. Less than a week ago, in the very same province, four officers were killed by a booby trap bomb planted by the rebels.
http://eng.balochpeople.org/articles/opinions-and-news/110
Local police sources, as reported by the semi-official 'FARS' press agency stated that the explosion caused material damage to the holy site, which is one of the most important in the city, but no-one was injured since it was only a stun-device, thrown from a motorbike inside the wing of the canteen area, which only was only intended to "generate panic". The area, in its position adjacent to Pakistan, is inhabited by the Baloch ethnic minority, who are Sunni muslims, compared to the Shiite majority in Iran. Clashes between the security forces and criminal gangs and drugs traffickers are frequent, as are those with militant insurrectionist groups such as 'Jundollah' or 'the Soldiers of Allah', which last December executed sixteen policemen who had been taken hostage in June.
Teheran accuses the movement of belonging to the 'al-Qaeda' network, but also to receive support and training from the United States and Great Britain. Less than a week ago, in the very same province, four officers were killed by a booby trap bomb planted by the rebels.
http://eng.balochpeople.org/articles/opinions-and-news/110
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