TEHRAN, Nov 17 (NNN-TASNIM) – At least five people were killed and 10 others injured yesterday, in a drive-by shooting attack on a market, in the south-western Iranian city of Izeh.
At 17:30 local time (1400 GMT), armed assailants, riding two motorcycles, opened fire on people, as well as, police and security forces, in Izeh’s central market in Khuzestan Province, Valiollah Hayati, Khuzestan’s deputy governor for security affairs, was quoted as saying.
He said, three young men, one nine-year-old girl and a 45-year-old woman, were killed in the attack, adding, some of the wounded are in critical condition.
A search has begun to identify and arrest those behind the “terrorist attack,” Hayati said, noting, security has been restored to the city.
According to another report by the semi-official Fars news agency, the assailants were armed with Kalashnikov rifles.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.– NNN-TASNIM
