Three police killed in Iran

TEHRAN:

Three police officers were killed Thursday in southeastern Iran in an attack claimed by a jihadist group that is active in the region, the country's official news agency said.

"Three members of the police forces were killed and a civilian injured in an attack carried out by armed criminals in Mirjaveh in Sistan and Baluchestan province," the IRNA news agency said.

Sistan and Baluchestan, one of the poorest regions in Iran, is mostly inhabited by the minority Baloch community.

The officers were attacked at a petrol station, Irna said.

Jaish al-Adl claimed responsibility for the attack in a post on Telegram.

The same group claimed responsibility for an attack last month that killed the head of the criminal investigation department in the city of Khash in Sistan and Baluchestan province.

Jaish al-Adl also claimed two attacks in April in the region that saw 10 members of the security forces killed.