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Police foil bomb plot in northeast Iran
[Iran Press TV Latest] Iranian police forces have reportedly thwarted a bomb plot in the holy city of Mashhad in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi. The bomb, planted in a drug store, was defused by local law enforcement officers on Sunday just before it was to go off, Mehr News Agency reported. The drug store was located at a health clinic operated by the Iranian Basij -- a voluntary paramilitary force. At the time the bomb was set to explode a ceremony to hail exemplary war veterans was being held. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing. The latest incident is the second bomb attack countered in the country over the last two weeks. On July 15, police defused another bomb planted at Babol University of Medical Sciences in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran. The bomb had been placed at a building where the administrative board of the university was scheduled to hold a meeting. Two politically active students were arrested in connection with the plot. Posted by: Fred 2009-07-28 |
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