Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 18
By Fatih Karimov - Trend:
The main suspect of last year's acid attacks in Iran has been arrested.
Iran's Deputy Interior Minister Hossein Zolfaghari said that the person with the most indictment documents and proofs related to the acid attacks has been arrested, ISNA news agency reported.
Zolfaghari added that the indicted one has been identified by the victims.
"The background of the person regarding rubbery of motorcycles corroborate proofs that the arrested person may be the perpetrator," he said.
Two months after the acid attacks, Zolfaghari said that some 191,000 people have been investigated in this regard.
A series of acid attacks against women took place in the Islamic Republic's central city of Isfahan in October last year.
Rasoul Yahai, deputy governor general of Isfahan province for Political and Security Affairs said at that time that the provincial officials do not waste efforts to arrest the perpetrators of this crime.
At least 4 women became victims of acid attack by unknown motorcyclists.