(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 28. The OSCE
Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia
Bujar Osmani strongly condemned the armed attack on the Azerbaijani
embassy in Tehran and called for accountability of the
perpetrators, Osmani wrote on his Twitter page, trend reports.
He noted that attacks against diplomatic missions are
unacceptable.
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office expressed condolences to the family
of the head of the security service who died during the armed
attack and wished for swift recovery to the injured.
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 50s, 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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