According to the police, the attack, which occurred on Wednesday at around 1:30 a.m. local time, was met with a counterattack and heavy fire from police forces, after which the gunmen fled the scene.
Sergeant major Amir-Hossein Hossein-Abadi embraced martyrdom during the raid, said the police, adding that efforts are underway to identify and arrest the assailants.
This is a second attack by gunmen in a month on police forces of Rask County.
On December 15, Rask’s police headquarters was attacked by a number of terrorist groups at around 2 a.m. local time.
Eleven police forces were killed in the terrorist attack and seven more were wounded.
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