Attack on a police convoy in a restive southeastern province of Iran kills 10 officers

Attack on police convoy in southeastern Iran kills 10 officers

Iranian state media say 10 officers had been killed

Clashes between rebels and state forces are a recurring problem in southeastern Iran. Ten security forces were killed in another incident, and a terrorist jihadist group claimed responsibility for the attack.

10 Iranian police officers killed in jihadist terror attack

A ambush attack on an Iranian police convoy Saturday by a domestic terror group killed at least 10 officers, according to authorities. There were limited details about the incident, which took place in Gohar Kuh, in Iran’s restive southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan. Initial reports attributed the bombardment to “miscreants.” The jihadist group Jaish...

According to the Iranian press agencies Mehr and Tasnim, which receive information from the Ministry of Interior in Tehran, it was a terrorist act, targeting border police vehicles in Taftan county. The region in question is tense; dpa reminds that there have been clashes between Iranian forces and Sunni militants, but official sources have not mentioned who the attackers might be or what the reasons for the attack might be.

At least 10 police officers killed in southeastern Iran ambush

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Terrorists kill 10 policemen in Iran

At least 10 police officers were killed in a “terrorist attack” in an area of Southeastern Iran long plagued by unrest, local media reported on Saturday. They were killed during an attack on “police vehicles” in Sistan-Baluchistan province’s Taftan county, the Mehr and Tasnim news agencies reported, without saying how it was carried out. No