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5 Iranian security forces killed in clashes with Sufi protesters

Xinhua,February 20, 2018 Adjust font size:

TEHRAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Five Iranian security forces were killed following Monday riots in the north of capital Tehran, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.

The intense clashes erupted between Iran's security forces and members of the "Deravish Gonabadi" who had gathered in front of a police station, demanding the release of some detained members of their community, the report said.

Brigadier General Saeed Montazer al-Mahdi, the police spokesman, told Tasnim that the police have arrested more than 300 members of the Deravish Gonabadi.

On Monday, a bus and a car plowed through a group of police forces killing three policemen.

In the attacks by the rioters, two members of Basij (volunteer) forces were also killed.

Besides, at least 30 police forces were injured and many public and private properties were destroyed in the clashes, Montazer al-Mahdi was quoted as saying.

Police forces fired air shots and tear gas to disperse the crowd, according to official IRNA news agency.

Montazer al-Mahdi added that "Now, the situation on Pasdaran street is under the control of police."

The Gonabadi Order or Deravish Gonabadi is an Iranian Sufi order, whose followers live mainly in the cities such as Tehran and Ishafan. Enditem

 

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