2018 Chabahar suicide bombing
| Chabahar suicide bombing | |
|---|---|
The remains of the suicide car | |
| Location | Chabahar, Sistan-Baluchestan, Iran |
| Date | 7 December 2018 (UTC+3½) |
| Target | Police headquarters |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 2 (+1 attacker) |
| Injured | 48 |
| Perpetrators | Ansar Al-Furqan |
A suicide car bombing in Iran occurred on 6 December 2018 near a police station in Chabahar city, Sistan and Baluchestan Province. The attack left at least two policemen killed and 48 others injured, among them women and children.
Iranian media has accused the Ansar Al-Furqan group a Sunni jihadi group, of being behind the incident. Ansar Al-Furqan took responsibility for the attack. Suicide bombings are rare in Iran.