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4 killed, several injured in terrorist attack in Iran’s Chabahar port

Reports are pouring in about a suicide attack in Iran’s southeastern port Chabahar near the Pakistani border on Thursday morning.

According to early reports, explosion and shooting were heard in Iran’s southeastern port Chabahar near the Pakistani border on Thursday morning, at 9:55 AM.

According to security officials, the explosion was caused by a car bomb going off in front of the Police Headquarters in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan province.

Casualties have been reported in the blast, with at least four killed and a number of pedestrians and shop owners injured. Later reports dismissed that the police chief of Chabahar was among the casualties.

Head of the Center for Emergencies at the Faculty of Iranshahar Medical Sciences put the number of injured at 28. Head of Chabahar healthcare center also said a pregnant woman and a 16-year-old teenager are among the injured.

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