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Booby trap explosion kills Iranian police officer

Society Materials 16 November 2015 19:51 (UTC +04:00)
An explosive booby trap was blown in Qasre Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran, killing a police officer.
Booby trap explosion kills Iranian police officer

Tehran, Iran, Nov. 16

By Mehdi Sepahvand - Trend:

An explosive booby trap was blown in Qasre Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran, killing a police officer.

The incident took place in the noon six kilometers out of Qasre Qand, a town in Sistan and Baluchestan, the province's chief of police, Hamed Hatami said, ISNA news agency reported Nov. 16.

He added that a police officer was killed while on patrol on the road connecting Qasre Qand to nearby town of Jakigor, but there are no other casualties.

Sistan and Baluchestan has been the scene of many terrorist actions in recent years.

In a similar incident in the same province on Nov. 4, four Iranian soldiers were injured as they hit an explosive booby trap.

Iran blames neighboring Pakistan for lax security as the main factor enabling terrorists and drug smugglers venturing into the Iranian territory.

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