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16-02-07, 22:24
2nd bombing in 3 days hits Iranian city
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- A bomb went off Friday night at a girls school in the southeastern Iranian border city of Zahedan, according to the semi-official FARS News Agency.
After the bomb exploded, gunmen opened fire on people in the area, FARS reported.
Security forces have blocked streets and surrounded a house where they believe the gunmen are, FARS said. Electricity has been cut, and reporters are barred from the area, but gunfire can be heard in the streets.
The explosion occurred about 10 p.m. (1:30 p.m. ET), FARS reported.
Zahedan is near where Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan meet.
According to FARS, the leader of the Jondollah group, Abdolmalek Rigy, claimed responsibility for the bombing on MKO-TV. The group also claimed responsibility for a car bomb in the same area Wednesday.
MKO stands for the Mojahedin Khalq Organization, an Iranian terrorist group stationed in Iraq.
On Wednesday, a car bomb struck an Iranian military bus in Zahedan, killing at least 11 people and wounding more than 30. (Full story)
A witness told the state-run Iranian news agency IRNA that the car blew up as soon as the bus, which belonged to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, arrived to pick up military personnel at a barracks.
The small terrorist group Jondollah claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attack, FARS reported. The group has a history of launching attacks at Iranian border posts. IRNA reported that five people, including a failed suicide bomber, were arrested after the attack.
According to FARS, Iranian officials said the explosives used in that attack were manufactured in the United States. CNN could not verify those claims.
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- A bomb went off Friday night at a girls school in the southeastern Iranian border city of Zahedan, according to the semi-official FARS News Agency.
After the bomb exploded, gunmen opened fire on people in the area, FARS reported.
Security forces have blocked streets and surrounded a house where they believe the gunmen are, FARS said. Electricity has been cut, and reporters are barred from the area, but gunfire can be heard in the streets.
The explosion occurred about 10 p.m. (1:30 p.m. ET), FARS reported.
Zahedan is near where Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan meet.
According to FARS, the leader of the Jondollah group, Abdolmalek Rigy, claimed responsibility for the bombing on MKO-TV. The group also claimed responsibility for a car bomb in the same area Wednesday.
MKO stands for the Mojahedin Khalq Organization, an Iranian terrorist group stationed in Iraq.
On Wednesday, a car bomb struck an Iranian military bus in Zahedan, killing at least 11 people and wounding more than 30. (Full story)
A witness told the state-run Iranian news agency IRNA that the car blew up as soon as the bus, which belonged to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, arrived to pick up military personnel at a barracks.
The small terrorist group Jondollah claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attack, FARS reported. The group has a history of launching attacks at Iranian border posts. IRNA reported that five people, including a failed suicide bomber, were arrested after the attack.
According to FARS, Iranian officials said the explosives used in that attack were manufactured in the United States. CNN could not verify those claims.