(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 29. Malaysia strongly
condemns the armed attack at the Embassy of the Republic of
Azerbaijan in Tehran on 27 January 2023, which led to one death and
injured a few embassy staff, trend reports citing the statement of Foreign Ministry
of Malaysia.
'Malaysia reiterates its firm stance rejecting any acts of
violence and terrorism in all of its forms and calls for the
perpetrators of this heinous attack be swiftly brought to
justice.
Malaysia expresses its deepest condolences and sympathies to the
victims and the families of this criminal act and to the Government
and the people of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The Embassy of Malaysia in Tehran is closely monitoring the
development and actively liaising with local authorities for the
latest security update,' said the statement.
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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