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Iranian TV claims that Pakistan has arrested Abdulrauf Rigi, a senior member of the banned terrorist group Jundallah.The officials confirmed on Thursday that the Jundallah member has been arrested by Pakistani security forces. On 15th December 2010, a terrorist attack took place at the Imam Hussein Mosque in Chabahar in Sistan-Baluchestan Province where people were commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. At least 38 mourners were killed and more than 89 others, including women and children, were injured. Iran says the perpetrators behind the Chabahar terrorist attack were trained and equipped by foreign elements beyond the country's eastern borders in Pakistan. Jundullah has claimed responsibility for the attack. The Pakistan-based group has carried out numerous terrorist attacks in Iran. Its leader Abdulmaalik Rigi was arrested by Iranian intelligence forces in February 2010 and executed in June for 79 counts of crime, including armed robbery, bombing operations and armed attacks on police and civilians. While on 20th December 2010, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari to arrest known terrorists and extradite them to Iran.
