At least six people, including law enforcement personnel, were killed on Saturday during a “terrorist attack” on a judicial building in southeast Iran, according to the judiciary. The judiciary’s Mizan online news agency reported that “the number of martyrs increased to six,” following earlier reports of five fatalities, with 13 individuals initially reported injured.
Ali Movahedi-Rad, the provincial chief justice, cited by Mizan, later announced that the injured count had reached 22, with “most of whom were civilians.” He added that all three gunmen, who had attempted to enter the building disguised as visitors and were wearing explosive vests, were killed. “Three of the terrorists have been killed according to the announcement of the Quds Headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” Movahedi-Rad stated. The death toll also included three law enforcement members who were protecting the courthouse.
According to Alireza Daliri, deputy police commander of Sistan-Baluchistan province, the assailants threw a grenade into the building, causing several deaths inside. Located approximately 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran, this restive province shares a long border with Pakistan and Afghanistan. In one of the deadliest incidents in the region, 10 police officers were killed in October in what authorities also described as a “terrorist” attack.
