Iran police station attack leaves two officers, four gunmen dead

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 10, 2023 12:03 am

Tehran, Iran: Two policemen were killed Saturday in Iran's restive southeast near Pakistan, Iranian media said, in an attack claimed by jihadists that left four assailants dead.

The grenade attack and ensuing firefight at a police station was the latest violence to hit Sistan-Baluchistan province, where unrest has involved drug smuggling gangs, rebels from the Baluchi minority and Sunni Muslim extremist groups.

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