Non-fatal injuries 4 Defenders Iranian police Total number of deaths 10 | Perpetrator Iranian drug smugglers Date 2 January 2010 Attack type Shooting | |
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Location South Khorasan Province, Iran | ||
The 2010 Khorasan shootout occurred on January 2, 2010 when Iranian police executing a drug raid were fired upon by drug smugglers near the Iran-Afghanistan border. At least 10 Iranian police were killed; 7 died at the scene and three more died later as a result of injuries sustained during the shooting.
It was Iran's deadliest drug smuggling related shootout in recent years. Reports also indicated that 4 additional Iranian policemen were also seriously injured in the shootout, and two drug smugglers were killed.
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