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Shah Cheragh attack: Suspect reveals new details of Daesh terror plot

Shah Cheragh attack: Suspect reveals new details of Daesh terror plot
One of the men accused of aiding the key perpetrators of the Shah Cheragh terrorist attack lastOctober, which was claimed by the Daesh Takfiri group, has confessed to participation in the dastardly crimeand membership ofthe group.

His remarks came on Wednesday duringthe latestsession of a court in thesouthwestern Iranian city of Shiraz that ishearingthe high-profile case.

On October 26, 2022, an armedterroristbarged inside the revered holy shrine in Shiraz, killing 15 pilgrims, including women and children, and injuring dozens before he was arrested by security forces.

The terrorist was later pronounced dead at a hospital, succumbing toinjuries sustained during the attack that sent shockwaves across the country.

A few suspects were immediately nabbed and some two weeks laterthe Intelligence Ministryannouncedthe arrest of 26 Takfiri terrorists for involvement in the attack. The statement saidthe men were nationals of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan, and none of them are Iranians.

At the court hearing on Wednesday, the third suspect identified as Naeim Hashem Qetali, an Afghan national, said that he joined Daesh terrorist group when he was stillin Afghanistan.

He came to Iran in search of a job but later was asked to host a guest by one of the ringleaders of Daesh in Afghanistan that he identified as Abdullah Saeed.

He confessed to making preparations for supporting the prime attacker in Tehran and pleaded guilty to directly helping the attacker and financially supporting members of the group.

However, he claimed that he had no prior knowledge of the details of the terrorist attack, one of the worst Iran has seen since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

 

By Press TV
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