Publish Date: 10 July 2023 - 18:31

Zahedan, IRNA – Police forces have thwarted an armed attack at a court in Sib and Suran city in southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, according to the police chief of the province.

Brigadier General Doostali Jalilian told IRNA on Monday that an armed attacker was going to enter the general court of the city but the police officers stepped in.

Although the attacker opened fire, the police forces managed to disarm him, he said.   

The police is carrying out further investigation into the incident, the official added.

In another terrorist attack on a police station in the province two days earlier, all the four attackers were killed and two Iranian police officers were also martyred.

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