TEHRAN, April 30 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian county police chief and his wife were killed in an armed attack while they were traveling in a car in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan on Sunday morning, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
The attack was carried out by "hostile" individuals at 7:10 a.m. local time (0340 GMT), when Saravan County's police chief Alireza Shahraki was driving along a county street with his wife, Tasnim quoted provincial police commander Doostali Jalilian as saying.
Shahraki's wife, who was also shot during the attack, was transferred to a medical center. She succumbed to her wounds later in the day, official news agency IRNA quoted Jalilian as saying.
Investigations are being carried out by specialized teams to identify and arrest the "hostile" assailants, Jalilian said.
According to Tasnim, Shahraki and his wife were killed by Kalashnikov rifle bullets. ■
