At least 11 people died and 7 people were injured This Friday, in an attack on a police station in the conflict-ridden provinces of Sistan and Baluchistan in southeastern Iran.
According to the official IRNA agency, the deputy governor of the province, Alireza Marhamati, said that a group of armed men attacked a police station in the city of Rask after midnight, which led to a clash with security forces. After a long conflict, security forces managed to take the attack under control. “The situation in Rask city is normal and necessary precautions have been taken,” Marhamati said.
in attack dead police officers and attackershowever, the source did not offer further details about the victims. According to IRNA, the injured were taken to hospital and many of them are in serious condition.
Sunni group Yeish al-Adl claimed responsibility for the attack.According to the country’s state media, Iran opposed the Shiite regime in Tehran. In mid-November, three members of Yeish al Adl were executed for their involvement in two bomb attacks in Sistan Baluchistan in 2019.
The Sistan and Baluchistan region has a majority Sunni population, and smugglers and drug smuggler gangs operate there, as well as extremist groups belonging to this branch of Islam that oppose the Shiite Government in Tehran. The region also borders Pakistan’s Balochistan province, one of the country’s most dangerous regions and where the Taliban and independence groups operate.
There have been many attacks on police stations and members of the security forces in recent months. In this province, which witnessed strong protests in the demonstrations that started with the death of young Mahsa Amini in September 2022, four traffic police officers lost their lives in the attack in the capital city of Zahedan at the end of July. Sistan and Baluchistan province. In the same month, two more police officers were killed in an attack on a police station in Zahedan.