Iran At least five security personnel, including a police station deputy, have been killed in “terrorist attacks” in the south of the country on Thursday, state media said.
According to the news agency AFP, Deputy Governor Ali Raza Marhamati told the state TV that “the province Sistan and Baluchestan Risk of and spring Five security personnel have been martyred in several terrorist attacks on police stations in cities during the night.
According to IRIB, the official broadcasting agency, “In an attack on police station number 11 of Chabahar city, deputy of the station, Abbas Mir, was martyred.”
According to the Reuters news agency, Iranian media say that eight of the attackers were also killed.
The statement also said that the militant group Jaish al-Adl, which was formed in 2012 and is blacklisted by Iran as a ‘terrorist’ group, claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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Afghanistan and Pakistan Of Frontier Province Sistan and Baluchistan has been plagued by drug-trafficking gangs, insurgents and militants from the Baloch minority for years.
In December last year, according to Iran’s state television, 11 security personnel were killed and many others were injured in an attack on a police station by Baloch militants in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan.
According to the Reuters news agency, Iran’s official media also reported that several members of the militant Jaish-e-Adl group were also killed in the clashes in the town of Rusk in Sistan-Baluchistan province.
In July last year, two policemen and four assailants were killed in an attack on another police station in Zahedan, the capital of the same province.
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2024-09-25 02:09:41
