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No sign of terrorist act or sabotage in Plasco incident

Jan 22, 2017, 8:51 AM
News ID: 9626
No sign of terrorist act or sabotage in Plasco incident

EghtesadOnline: Minister of Intelligence Mahmoud Alavi said here Saturday evening that so far no indications pointing to a terrorist will or sabotage have been traced behind the tragic collapse of Plasco Trade Center downtown Tehran.

Alavi underscored that since the beginning of the tragic incident in the Plasco Trade Center, the intelligence forces have been present in the scene.

According to ILNA, he reiterated that more investigations would be conducted in this respect in near future.

The 17-storey Plasco Trade Center collapsed in Tehran on Thursday morning, January 19, as firefighters were trying to contain fire in the building.

5 people have lost their lives so far and some 25, most of them firefighters, are still under the rubble.