2018 Chabahar suicide bombing

2018 Chabahar suicide bombing
The remains of the suicide car
LocationChabahar, Sistan-Baluchestan, Iran
Date7 December 2018 (UTC+3½)
TargetPolice headquarters[1]
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Deaths2 (+1 attacker)[2]
Injured48
PerpetratorsAnsar Al-Furqan

A suicide car bombing occurred on 6 December 2018 near a police station in Chabahar city, Sistan and Baluchestan Province.[1] The attack left at least two policemen killed and 48 others injured,[3][4] among them women and children.[5]

Iranian media has accused the Ansar Al-Furqan group[6] a Sunni jihadi group, of being behind the incident. Ansar Al-Furqan took responsibility for the attack.[3] Suicide bombings are rare in Iran.[3][7]

  1. ^ a b Staff writers. "At Least 2 Killed in Terrorist Attack in Southeastern Iran". en.farsnews.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Iran: Suicide attack hits police post in Chabahar - News - Al Jazeera". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-18. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  3. ^ a b c "Rare suicide car bombing in Iran kills at least two". The Guardian. Associated Press. 6 December 2018. Archived from the original on 19 May 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Suicide bomber kills at least two in attack on southeast Iran..." Reuters. 2018-12-06. Archived from the original on 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  5. ^ "Suicide bomber kills three outside police station in Iran's Chabahar". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Ansar Al-Forqan Terrorist Group Likely Responsible for Chabahar Attack". en.farsnews.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jazeera was invoked but never defined (see the help page).