TEHRAN: Jihadists killed one policeman in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, Iranian media reported Sunday, adding that three assailants also died.
“A policeman from Saravan was killed while terrorists were trying to enter the police station” in that area of Sistan-Baluchistan, the Tasnim news agency said.
The attackers were members of the Jaish al-Adl, the agency said.
“Three terrorists were killed and two were arrested,” Tasnim said.
The province hosts a significant population from the Baloch ethnic minority.
On July 26, gunmen stormed a courthouse in the province’s capital Zahedan, killing at least six people, in an attack that was later claimed by Jaish al-Adl. In one of the deadliest attacks in the province, 10 police officers were killed in October.