(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 27. UK Ambassador to
Azerbaijan Fergus Auld has met with Assistant of the President of
the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs
Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev,
trend reports
citing the ambassador' tweet.
'An important meeting took place with Hikmat Hajiyev. I offered
the British Government's condolences for the death of the security
manager at the Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran. We also discussed
important regional security and humanitarian issues,' Auld
tweeted.
An armed attack took place at the Embassy of the Republic of
Azerbaijan in the Islamic Republic of Iran at around 8:30 (GMT+4)
on January 27, 2023. 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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