Iranian security forces arrested a person allegedly linked to a suicide bombing that killed a police commander, state media reported Sunday, after the rare attack in Hormozgan province.
The attack took place on Saturday in the southern coastal city of Bandar-i-Lengeh, Iranian media reported.
On Sunday, the separatist group Ansar al-Furqan claimed credit for the attack, according to SITE Intelligence Group, which cited the Ansar al-Furqan Telegram channel.
The official IRNA The news agency reported that “one person was arrested following the deadly terrorist attack.” He did not provide further details, including the identity of the suspect.
IRNA It said the suicide blast also killed the attacker, whose identity “has not yet been precisely identified and investigations are ongoing,” the agency quoted Ehsan Kamarani, deputy provincial governor, as saying.
He added that “evidence shows that he was affiliated with takfiri groups,” terminology used by Iran to describe armed groups.
Ansar al-Furqan claimed responsibility in 2018 for driving a car loaded with explosives into a police station in Chabahar, in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, adjacent to Hormozgan. Two officers died.
In Sistan-Balochistan, an area long plagued by unrest, 10 police officers were killed in October in what Iranian media called a “terrorist attack.”
The Pakistan-based group Jaish al-Adl claimed responsibility.
