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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