One killed, 2 injured in shooting at Azerbaijan’s Tehran embassy, assailant arrested
Police in Tehran say they have arrested a man who shot dead a person and injured two others after entering Azerbaijan's embassy in the Iranian capital on Friday morning.
"The assailant entered the Azerbaijani embassy this morning and started shooting with a firearm, killing one person and injuring two others," Tehran Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi said.
"The police took immediate action and arrested the assailant," he said, adding that an investigation is underway.
According to the Tehran police chief, the attacker entered the embassy with two young children.
"In the initial investigation, the attacker has cited “personal and family problems” as the motive behind the shooting attack," Gen. Rahimi said.
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry released a statement, stating that the head of the security service of the embassy was killed in the shooting which happened around 8:30 local time (05:00 GMT).
"An individual with a Kalashnikov rifle attacked the security post and killed the head of security," reads a statement by the Ministry. Azeri media outlets have identified the victim as Orkhan Asgarov.
"Two embassy guards were also wounded in preventing the attack. Their condition is satisfactory," it added, noting that the attack was under investigation.
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