(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 28. Turkish
Ambassador to Azerbaijan Cahit Bagci has taken part in a mourning
ceremony in connection with the death of Head of Security Service
of Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran Orkhan Asgarov as a result of a
terrorist attack on the embassy, trend reports via the tweet of Bagci.
'Together with our military attaches, advisers and diplomats, we
expressed condolences to Orkhan Asgarov's father - Rizvan Asgarov,
his uncle and other relatives. Türkiye is always close to
Azerbaijan,' the tweet said.
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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