Senior police officer shot dead in Iran
Gunmen killed a senior police officer in southeastern Iran on Friday.
The attack, which occurred in the Sistan-Baluchistan region near the borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan, was later claimed by the Pakistan-based extremist group Jaish al-Adl, News.Az reports citing IRNA.According to the state news agency, the head of the police criminal investigation department in Khash county was shot dead by gunmen outside his home.
Jaish al-Adl, a Sunni Muslim rebel group, claimed responsibility for the attack via its Telegram channel. Tehran labels the group as a “terrorist” organization.
Sistan-Baluchistan, one of Iran’s poorest provinces, has long been plagued by unrest involving drug-smuggling gangs, Baluchi rebels, and Sunni Muslim extremists. It is one of the few predominantly Sunni regions in Shia-majority Iran.
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