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Eight terrorists killed since Oct. attack on police station
Terrorists from the Pakistan-based Jaish al-Adl group killed 10 police officers during a raid on October 26 in the province – one of the deadliest attacks in the region in recent months.
Ahmed Shafayee, spokesman for the anti-terror exercise conducted by the Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Ground Force (IRGC), said “a total of eight terrorists have been killed” since the beginning of operations in the province.
“Fourteen other terrorists have been arrested,” including key figures involved in the attack, he said, adding security forces seized weapons and ammunition.
Shortly after the terrorist attack in Taftan county in October 26, some 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran, a report said four terrorists had been killed and four others arrested.
Late on Monday, IRGC’s ground forces commander Mohammad Pakpour said the attackers “were not Iranian”, though he did not specify their nationalities.