Iranian cop killed in bomb blast

An explosion killed one policeman and wounded several others yesterday in Iran’s south-eastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, near the Pakistan border, a local police official said.

The largely Sunni Muslim province has been a hotbed of rebellion by militants against Iran’s Shia authorities. Many of Iran’s Sunnis complain of discrimination, a charge the state denies. According to the official, Hossein Rahimi, police were investigating the blast to determine who was responsible.