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The assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was carried out by a highly trained hit squad of 62 people pouncing in six vehicles after the local power supply was cut, according to local reports. The killers who Iranian officials have insisted were sent by Israel included a team of 50 giving logistical support to the dirty dozen who carried out the actual ambush Friday, sources told leading Iranian journalist Mohamad Ahwaze. All involved had entered special training courses, as well as security and intelligence services abroad, Ahwaze tweeted, as translated by ELINT News.
The team knew exactly the date and course of the movement of the Fakhrizadeh protection convoy in the smallest details, Ahwazes sources told him, allowing them to cut the scientist off as he went to his private villa in Absard. Shortly before Fakhrizadeh drove through their ambush site, the team cut off the electricity completely from this area to slow reports of their assassination and any calls for help, the reporter said. Fakhrizadeh was traveling in the middle of three bulletproof cars, with the killers striking after the first car entered a roundabout, the report said. A booby-trapped Nissan was then detonated to block the car behind Fakhrizadeh as 12 gunmen pounced on him, arriving in a Hyundai Santa Fe and four motorbikes, Ahwaze tweeted.
After the car bomb was detonated, 12 operatives opened fire towards Fakhrizadehs car and the first protection vehicle, his thread said. According to Iranian leaks, the leader of the assassination team took Fakhrizadeh out of his car and shot him and made sure he was killed. None of the hit squad were wounded or arrested during the gunbattle with the Iranians bodyguards, Ahwaze said.
https://nypost.com/2020/11/29/irans-mohsen-fakhrizadeh-killed-hit-squad-report-says/
Beakybird
(3,332 posts)I had opined earlier that Iran's wind energy lobby was behind this. They want the same subsidies as the nuclear program, and they're developing a wind bomb that sends fart smells towards the enemy just to compete.
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roamer65
(36,745 posts)Probably MEK members.
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Cameliano
(54 posts)I am against this murder but Iran a has to retaliate when these things happen.
Otherwise they will continue to be a punching bag.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)The MEK is supported by the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran
Notice the date on this article and the nuclear scientist named in it.
https://iranintl.com/en/world/mek-claims-iran-preparing-nuclear-weapons-new-site
Iggo
(47,547 posts)"The killers...included a team of 50 giving logistical support to the dirty dozen who carried out the actual ambush Friday, sources told leading Iranian journalist Mohamad Ahwaze."
"All involved had 'entered special training courses, as well as security and intelligence services abroad,' Ahwaze tweeted."
That's some pretty specific info. I think these sources should contact the police.