A grenade attack and gun battle in Iran’s southeast near Pakistan left four assailants and two Iranian policemen dead on Saturday, local media said.
It was the latest violence in Sistan-Baluchistan province, where unrest has involved drug smuggling gangs and rebels from the Baluchi minority.
“Four unidentified armed individuals attacked and entered police station No.16 of Zahedan”, the provincial capital, according to state broadcaster IRIB. It quoted the province’s deputy head of security Alireza Marhamati.
The attackers used grenades to blast open the gates of the police station, and an exchange of fire occurred, said Marhamati. Two policemen were killed in the ensuing clash, according to Tasnim news agency, which quoted Sistan-Baluchistan Police Chief Doustali Jalilian.
All four “terrorists” involved in the attack were killed, according to Iran’s official news agency IRNA, which quoted a branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps which commands southeast Iran.—AFP
