TEHRAN, May 27 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian judge was killed in what authorities described as a terrorist attack in the southern city of Shiraz early on Tuesday, state news agency IRNA reported.
The victim, identified as 38-year-old Ehsan Bagheri, was attacked by two unidentified assailants wielding a cold weapon while on his way to work in the morning, IRNA said, citing Seyed Sadrollah Rajaee-Nasab, the director general of the provincial justice department. The exact type of weapon was not disclosed.
Bagheri served as the head of Branch 102 of Shiraz's Criminal Court 2, according to the report.
Iran's judiciary chief, Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, has ordered a manhunt to apprehend the perpetrators, IRNA added.
The killing comes months after a separate attack in January in which two senior judges, Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh, were shot dead at their workplace in the capital, Tehran. ■
