Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism – A group of four gunmen ambushed a police station in Zahedan, the capital of Sistann province in southeast Iran, and opened fire indiscriminately at the structure.
According to witnesses, the terrorists ascended the police station’s watchtower and began firing at the officers from above.
Local sources said the sound of gunshots could be heard in the area, as a fierce exchange of fire was underway.
In the midst of the intense exchange of fire, the police officers within the station and the security officers outside the facility encircled the attackers and killed the four gunmen.
Two policemen were also martyred in the ambush, IRNA reported.
The province’s prosecutor general, Mehdi Shamsabadi, told IRNA that with the killing of the four terrorists, the situation is now under control.
The provincial police chief also said four guns, seven grenades and a number of suicide belts were seized from the assailants during the operation.
