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Surveillance cameras outside and inside Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran showed different time - MFA

Politics Materials 6 February 2023 17:22 (UTC +04:00)
Surveillance cameras outside and inside Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran showed different time - MFA
Humay Aghajanova
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 6. The outdoor surveillance cameras of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran showed the time 24 minutes earlier, said Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Aykhan Hajizade during the briefing dedicated to the details of the terrorist attack on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran, Trend reports.

"The time difference between the surveillance cameras installed outside and inside the embassy was 24 minutes," he said.

An armed attack took place at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Iran on January 27, 2023, at about 8:30 (GMT+4). The gunman turned out to be a man in his 50's, who drove up to the administrative building, armed with a Kalashnikov automatic rifle.

Earlier reports from the Chief of Tehran police said there were two children in the car with the gunman, the security camera footage released later proved the man was alone. He entered the building after briefly waving hand to the Iranian security guard outside. No attempts were made to detain the gunman, as he freely entered the embassy. The man managed to kill head of the security service and wounding two embassy guards. The shooter was eventually detained. The incident is currently being investigated.

Following the deadly assault, Azerbaijan evacuated its officials from the embassy, including those who suffered as a result of the attack and completely suspended the work of the embassy in Tehran.

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