French Senator strongly condemns deadly attack at Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran

  28 January 2023    Read: 471
French Senator strongly condemns deadly attack at Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran

Member of the Senate of France Natalie Goulet strongly condemned the terrorist attack committed on January 27 at the Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran, AzVision.az reports.

"I strongly condemn the attack on the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Tehran, which resulted in one dead and left several security staff injured. I offer a sincere condolences to the family of the victim Orkhan Asgarov and wish wounded to recover soon," she 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.


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