TEHRAN (FNA)- Several suspects have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Zabol prosecutor and his driver, a senior provincial official announced on Saturday.


In the early hours of Wednesday, unknown assailants killed the prosecutor of Zabol city in Sistan and Balouchestan province, Mousa Nouri, and his driver while they were on their way to work.

“We have identified and arrested the most suspected people in relation to the recent dossiers that prosecutor Nouri has been investigating,” Head of Zabol Security Council Hooshang Nazeri told FNA on Saturday.

He underlined that Zabol Security Council convened immediately after Nouri and his driver were killed by unknown gunmen on Wednesday.

Speaking to FNA on Wednesday, Head of Sistan and Balouchestan Justice Department Ibrahim Hamidi said that “at around 7:30 this morning, Mousa Nouri and his driver were killed by unknown gunmen while they were on their way to work.”

He underlined that the assailants killed them with Kalashnikov rifles after stopping their car in front of Zabol’s Amir Al-Momenin Hospital on Wednesday.

By Fars News Agency

 

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