11 policemen martyred in terrorist attack on police station in southeast Iran

At least 11 Iranian police officers were martyred in an overnight terrorist attack on a police station in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, the state television reported Friday.

Seven other cups were injured, while some assailants were killed and others were injured and taken into police custody, the announcement added.

Authorities in Sistan and Baluchistan province, providing details about the attack, said the attack took place at around 2:00 a.m. local time, adding that the situation has been back to normal.

The overnight attack was claimed by the Sunni Muslim jihadist Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice) group, in a brief statement on its Telegram channel. Jaish al-Adl was formed in 2012 and is blacklisted by Iran as a “terrorist” group.

In a statement on Friday, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, decried the terrorist attack on Iran’s Rask County police headquarters in the province of Sistan and Balouchestan.