Bomb discovered in toilet on Iranian plane; defused safely
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
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A bomb on an Iranian domestic passenger aeroplane was successfully defused by authorities on Saturday, according to officials.
The bomb was found aboard a Kish Air flight departing from Ahvaz, bound for the Iranian capital of Tehran.
"15 minutes after the plane with 131 passengers took off, flight security guards found a handmade bomb placed in the lavatory. The plane landed immediately at Ahvaz airport and the bomb was defused," said the Fars news agency.
The plane made an emergency landing at its departure airport at Ahvaz. After the bomb was defused, the flight took off again.
"The suspicious package and the details of the sabotage operation in the Tehran-Ahvaz Boeing is under investigation," said the head of the Revolutionary Guards air security operation, to the Iranian IRNA news agency.
"I do not confirm a link between this and the Zahedan operation. But we believe our enemies want to create a threatening environment before the presidential election and exploit the open space in the country and spark despair among people," he said.
These are the latest in a series of attacks coming ahead of next month's presidential elections. The incident comes two days after a bomb attack on a mosque killed 25 people on Thursday. On Saturday three men were hanged for that attack, which officials blamed on al-Qaeda, the United States and Israel.
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Sources
- Hiedeh Farmani "Iranian officials defuse bomb in plane toilet". Agence France-Presse, May 31, 2009
- Jon Leyne "Bomb found in toilet on Iran plane". BBC News Online, May 31, 2009
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