Police officer killed, another injured in southeast Iran terror attack
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Police forces are currently chasing the perpetrators and have established safety measures to protect civilians until they are captured.
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A file picture shows Iranian security forces standing guard in the capital Tehran, January 12, 2020. (AFP)
An Iranian police officer was killed in a terrorist attack in Saravan in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, the province's police force announced on Friday.
“Last night, the armed passengers of a Peugeot Pars vehicle cowardly committed a blind and brazen attack against a patrol unit of Saravan County’s police that resulted in the injury of two police forces,” the statement, released by the Sistan and Baluchestan police information center read.
Reportedly, the injured police officers were transported to the hospital to receive medical treatment. However, one of them, identified as Captain Ali Motahari, succumbed to his wounds and consequently died.
Police forces immediately confronted the perpetrators amid the attack and have been chasing them down since, with a search operation underway to capture the terrorists. Precautionary measures are being established to protect civilians from any similar harm.
Five security forces killed in terrorist attacks in southeastern Iran
In April, a soldier, a security guard, a Basij volunteer force, and two police officers were martyred while five terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire following attacks that hit two police and military posts in the cities of Rask and Chabahar, according to IRNA.
The Deputy Interior Minister of Iran Seyyed Majid Mirahmadi said that a group from the terrorist organization, Jaish ul-Adl, conducted two simultaneous attacks on the headquarters of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Naval Guard in Chabahar and Rask, in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan, southeastern Iran, on the evening of April 3.
Seyyed Majid Mirahmadi confirmed that the Iranian forces clashed with the terrorists thwarting the attack in its entirety, adding that the parallel attacks in Chabahar and Rask failed as the terrorists were confronted by security and law enforcement forces.
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