Rigi brother to be executed today

July 14, 2009 - 0:0

TEHRAN -- Abdolhamid Rigi and other eleven members of the terrorist Jundullah group will be executed on Tuesday.

Abdolhamid Rigi is the brother of Jundullah leader Abdolmalek Rigi.
They are to be executed in public, the Sistan-Baluchestan justice department said in a statement on Monday.
Abdolhamid Rigi was arrested by Pakistani forces and handed over to Iranian officials earlier last year.
Jundullah is a Pakistan-based terror group comprised of some members of the Baluch ethnic minority. The group is closely affiliated with the notorious al-Qaeda organization.
The arrested culprits have been involved in various criminal activities including the Tasuki incident, creating roadblocks in Chabahar road, kidnapping foreign nationals, and armed robberies.
The Tasuki incident happened on March 16, 2006 when the terror members attacked a convoy of vehicles near the town of Tasuki in the Sistan area and killed some 23 people and took seven others hostage