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Iran executes Baluch militant over armed attack on police station
Summary
Iran executed a Baluch man for involvement in an armed attack on a police station in the southeast of the country in which several officers were killed or wounded, Iranian media reported on Saturday. Mohammad Aref Shahbakhsh, identified by the semi-official media as a member of the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl, was convicted of armed rebellion and "waging war against God" in connection with the attack on the Qaleh Bid police station in Khash, in Sistan-Baluchestan province.
The Iranian authorities executed on Saturday a man convicted of involvement in the bloody attack on a police station in a southeastern region of the country, affected by violence, announced the judiciary, writes AFP.