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Tehran bus-ramming attack: three police die amid violent protest

Politics Materials 19 February 2018 23:58 (UTC +04:00)
Three policemen have reportedly been killed in northern Tehran following a clash with the followers of a Sufi order known as the Gonabadi Dervishes.
Tehran bus-ramming attack: three police die amid violent protest

Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 19

By Khalid Kazimov – Trend:

Three policemen have reportedly been killed in northern Tehran following a clash with the followers of a Sufi order known as the Gonabadi Dervishes.

The perpetrator of the attack has rammed a bus into a crowd, killing three policemen and injuring bypassers, official IRNA news agency reported.

The police have arrested the perpetrator of the attack and eight other protestors, the report added.

The attack occurred after police dispersed the demonstrators protesting the arrest of a fellow Sufi.

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