TEHRAN, June 12, YJC - Police forces in Iran have killed four terrorists in a southern province, seizing their arms and ammunition as well as a flag of the Takfiri terrorist group of Daesh.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Azizollah Maleki, the police chief in Hormozgan Province, where the
terrorists were killed during a firefight with security forces, made the
remarks to reporters on Monday.
"Intelligence work and the
monitoring of current news about movements by a group of armed
terrorists in the east of Hormozgan had the issue placed on the police’s
special agenda,” he said.
Police forces took further operational
and intelligence measures, tracking the group’s movements and
identifying the places frequented by them.
They confronted the
foursome in a mountainous terrain near the province’s Roudan Country,
Maleki said, adding that an armed conflict ensued, which resulted in the
deaths of the terrorists.
"Two of the terrorists were foreigners bearing foreign ID cards. The identity of the rest is being investigated,” Maleki said.
The terrorists had four military weapons, 112 live bullets, some explosives, and a Daesh flag in their possession.
Last
Wednesday, terrorists killed 17 people in the Iranian capital, Tehran,
attacking the Parliament and the Mausoleum of the late founder of the
Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini. Daesh claimed responsibility for the
attacks.
All the attackers were killed during engagement with security forces.
Other elements have also been arrested in connection with the massacre.
Senior
MP Akbar Ranjbarzadeh said on Sunday that a number of the elements
behind the incident, which had fled the country were also exterminated.