On Monday morning, poisonous chemical gases with unknown origin reportedly hit school children and people alike in Zahedan’s suburban outskirts.

The city’s governor issued a statement announcing that the morning and evening schools are closed, “since the chemical gases still are on the air and threaten other school children.”

Head of province’s Disaster Management Office Reza Arbabi has told Mehr News the night before that the region was detoxified; however, the disgusting odor of the chemicals still harmed the people’s sense of smell in northern parts of the province, inciting dissatisfaction toward the conditions.

Meanwhile, the head of provinces police Brig. Gen. Hossein Rahimi told reporters that police had arrested the perpetrator who had washed tanks of chemicals and pesticides, thus discharging significant amounts of chemicals to the environment.

Date: 10/28/2014