Iran arrests second individual involved in Shiraz terrorist attack: Intelligence minister

Iran’s intelligence minister says his forces have arrested the second individual involved in last week’s terrorist attack on the highly revered Shah-e Cheragh shrine in the southern Province of Fars.

According to Press TV, Hojjat ol-Eslam Esmaeil Khatib made the remarks during the Passive Defense National Conference in Tehran on Monday.

“Technical and defensive measures by the Intelligence Ministry” led to the arrest on Sunday night of the second person involved in the terrorist attack, Khatib said.

People’s awareness can foil enemy's plots, the minister argued, adding, “If people pay attention and be present in the scene, the enemy will be disappointed.”

A heavily-armed terrorist assaulted the well-known holy shrine at approximately 05:45 p.m. local time (14:15 GMT) on Wednesday, just before the evening prayers, martyring 15 pilgrims — including a woman and two children — and injuring at least 40 others.

The attacker opened fire indiscriminately on pilgrims within the holy shrine, according to the police commander of Fars Province. He was wounded and later succumbed to his wounds in hospital.

The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the act of terror.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials have offered condolences to the Iranian nation, assuring that the perpetrators of the “outrageous” crime will definitely face punishment.

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