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Iran Reports Arrests for Wednesday Bombing

   VOA News 23 September 2010
   Bloodstained  debris  litter  the street after a bomb blast in Mahabad
   Iran in this image taken from TV Wednesday Sept 22, 2010

Photo: AP

   Bloodstained  debris  litter  the street after a bomb blast in Mahabad
   Iran in this image taken from TV, 22 Sep 2010

   Iran's intelligence minister says authorities have arrested members of
   a  group which allegedly carried out an attack in northwestern Iran on
   Wednesday that killed 12 people.
   Heidar Moslehi did not publicly identify the group Thursday.
   However,  he said those responsible for what he called "this terrorist
   attack"  had  targeted  "unity"  between  Shi'ites  and  Sunnis in the
   region.
   The  bombing  in  the  town  of  Mahabad came during a military parade
   marking  the  30th  anniversary  of  the  start  of the Iran-Iraq War.
   Officials say at least 70 others were injured in the blast.
   No  group  has  claimed responsibility. Local officials blamed Kurdish
   separatists. But a leading Kurdish faction condemned the bombing.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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