One member of Azerbaijan embassy shot dead in Tehran

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One member of Azerbaijan embassy shot dead in Tehran

Bullet holes are seen on the door of the Azerbaijan embassy in Tehran on January 27, 2023 after a man armed with a Kalashnikov shot dead an official and wounded two guards. PHOTO AFP TEHRAN One of the members working in Azerbaijan's Embassy was killed and two others injured in an attack on the embassy in the Iranian capital on Friday morning.

Hossein Rahimi, Tehran police chief, said the employee was hit while the employee was parking his car in front of the embassy's entrance at 8: 25 local time 0455 GMT, reported the semi-official Mehr news agency on Friday.

He said the attacker entered the embassy with a Kalashnikov rifle and started shooting, killing the employee and injuring two others.

The assailant was arrested by police forces while attempting to escape, citing family and personal issues as the motive behind the attack, said the police chief.

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He added that the assailant had entered the embassy with his two young children.

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry identified the assassinated individual as a guard who had served as the head of security at the embassy, saying the Friday attack also wounded two people.