Police officer killed in terrorist attack in Southeast Iran

An Iranian police officer has been killed in a terrorist attack in Saravan in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, Report informs via Mehr News Agency.

“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 Sistan and Baluchestan Police’s information center said in a statement on July 19.

The injured were taken to medical centers, but one of them succumbed to his injuries, according to the statement: “Unfortunately Captain Ali Motahari was martyred despite the medical staff’s efforts.”

Immediately after the attack, the police forces clashed with and chased the militants, the statement said.

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