One citizen, two police officers killed in firefight with armed assailant in central Iran

Two police offiers have been gunned down in a shootout with an armed assailant in the central Iranian city of Isfahan.

The incident happened when security forces were deployed to a city street where the gunman had killed one citizen.

The murderer was shot dead in the firefight with police troops later. Two police officers were also wounded and were taken to hospital.

Seargent Major Hossein Zadeh Ahmadi and Seargent First Class Mohammad Ehsan Sahfi’I later succumbed to their wounds in the hospital.

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