Gunmen kill 11 people, injure several others in an attack on a police station in Iran, state TV says

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A picture taken on June 7, 2017 shows police vehicles and motorcycles outside Iranian parliament in the capital Tehran. (Photo courtesy: AFP/File)
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  • In recent months, militants and small separatist groups have attacked police stations as part of low-level insurgency against the government
  • State TV blamed the attack on separatist Jaish Al-Adl which claimed 2019 bus bombing killed 27 members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Suspected members of a separatist group killed 11 people and injured several others in a nighttime attack on a police station in southeastern Iran, state TV said Friday.
The deputy governor of Sistan and Baluchistan province, Ali Reza Marhemati, said senior police officers and soldiers were killed in the 2 a.m. attack in Rask town, about 1,400 kilometers (875 miles) southwest of Tehran.
He said police killed several of the attackers in a shootout.
State TV blamed the attack on Jaish Al-Adl, a separatist group. In 2019, Jaish Al-Adl claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a bus that killed 27 members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard force.
In recent months, militants and small separatist groups in the predominantly Sunni region have attacked police stations as part of a low-level insurgency against the government.