Thursday, November 14, 2013

Iran: Murderer of deputy industry minister arrested

Source: IRNA

Tehran, Nov 13, IRNA – An informed source with the Judiciary announced on Wednesday that police have arrested the one who had killed the Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade, Safdar Rahmatabadi.

The source told IRNA that the murderer was tracked down in the past days and then arrested by police on Wednesday.

“It’s said that the murderer was an acquaintance of the victim.”

The police is also to release an statement in this regard in coming hours, according to the source.

Rahmatabadi was shot dead in Tehran Sunday night.

Publisher's note: Note the word "alleged" is not used and I can not alter the original text