Iranian TV: Terror attack kills 3 in southeastern port city on WTOP| TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state television says a “terrorist attack” has killed at least three people and wounded several others in the southeastern port city of Chabahar. The TV reported there were sounds of explosions and…
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A suicide car bomber attacked a police headquarters in the southeastern Iranian port city of Chabahar on Thursday, killing at least two people and wounding 15, state TV reported. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, though a semi-official news agency blamed a Sunni jihadi group for the assault.
State television broke into its regular broadcast to report the attack as such assaults are rare in the Islamic Republic.
Rahmdel Bameri, a provincial official, told state TV that a suicide attacker driving a vehicle loaded with explosives drove up to the police headquarters. He said police officers blocked the vehicle and started firing at the driver, who then detonated his explosives.
State TV also aired footage of smoke rising over the city.
