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Iran kills 4 terrorists, seizes Daesh flag

Monday, 12 June 2017 8:34 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 12 June 2017 9:37 AM ]

The bodies of the terrorists killed on June 11, 2017 lay on the ground alongside ammunition and the Daesh flag seized from them in this picture circulated by the ISNA news agency on June 12, 2017.

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.

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 County, Maleki said, adding that an armed conflict ensued, which resulted in the deaths of the terrorists.

The terrorists had four military weapons, 112 live bullets, some explosives, and a Daesh flag in their possession.

The belongings of the terrorists killed on June 11, 2017 by Hormozgan Province’s police, are seen in this June 12, 2017 picture. (By ISNA)

“Two of the terrorists were foreigners bearing foreign ID cards. The identity of the rest is being investigated,” Maleki said.

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.

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