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BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 29. A plane carrying
evacuated employees of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran has left
Tehran for Baku, Trend reports from the scene.
Spokesperson of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Aykhan Hajizada
previously said, Azerbaijan is sending plane to Tehran to evacuate
staff of the country’s embassy.
According to Hajizada, this plane will deliver the embassy
staff, members of their families and the body of martyr Orkhan
Asgarov to Azerbaijan. He will be buried in the second Alley of
Martyrs in Baku.
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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