{"id":13711,"date":"2024-12-29T22:39:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T19:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.hamsonews.com\/suspect-arrested-after-suicide-bombing-in-southern-iran-martyrs-police-officer-injures-another\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T22:39:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T19:09:24","slug":"suspect-arrested-after-suicide-bombing-in-southern-iran-martyrs-police-officer-injures-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/suspect-arrested-after-suicide-bombing-in-southern-iran-martyrs-police-officer-injures-another\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested after suicide bombing in southern Iran martyrs police officer, injures another"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.hamsonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5309898.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p class=\"summary\">TEHRAN \u2013 Following a fatal terrorist attack in the southern city of Bandar Lengeh, Iran&#8217;s Hormozgan province, authorities took one suspect into custody on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The suicide bombing took place on Saturday evening and resulted in the martyrdom of a police intelligence officer and injuries to another.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The terrorist attack, claimed by the terrorist group Ansar al-Furqan, targeted Captain Mojtaba Shahidizadeh, the head of the city&#8217;s police intelligence, and his deputy, Captain Javad Chatr-Sahar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">According to Foad Moradzadeh, the Governor of Bandar Lengeh, the incident occurred near one of the police stations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Moradzadeh noted that the injured were immediately transported to the hospital, but despite medical intervention, Captain Shahidizadeh tragically succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The assailant approached the vehicle driven by Shahidizadeh and detonated an explosive device, resulting in a powerful explosion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Shahidizadeh sustained severe injuries to his head, face, neck, and chest, and later passed away in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">His companion, Captain Chatr-Sahar, is currently undergoing surgery for injuries to his head and face.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Later on Sunday, Majid Qahramani, the judiciary chief of Hormozgan, confirmed the arrest of a suspect in connection with the attack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&#8220;Judicial and intelligence forces are currently interrogating and investigating this case,&#8221; Qahramani stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">He further emphasized that recent vigilance had prevented similar attacks, ensuring security in the province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&#8220;The security forces are alert and ready, and such blind attacks will not weaken the resolve of the people or the officials,&#8221; Qahramani added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The Ansar al-Furqan terrorist group was established in 2013 and has been predominantly operating in Iran&#8217;s Sistan and Baluchestan Province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The terror outfit attacked an oil pipeline in 2017, and carried out a suicide bombing In Chabahar the next year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/508078\/Suspect-arrested-after-suicide-bombing-in-southern-Iran-martyrs\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN \u2013 Following a fatal terrorist attack in the southern city of Bandar Lengeh, Iran&#8217;s Hormozgan province, authorities took one suspect into custody on Sunday. The suicide bombing took place on Saturday evening and resulted in the martyrdom of a police intelligence officer and injuries to another. The terrorist attack, claimed by the terrorist group &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[709,10,13,264],"class_list":["post-13711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-hormozgan","tag-iran","tag-politics","tag-terrorism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}