Ten officers were killed in an attack on a police convoy in Iran’s restive southeastern province

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At least 10 officers were killed in an attack Saturday on an Iranian police convoy in the country’s restive southern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, authorities said.

Details are lacking about the attack in Gohar Kuh, about 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) southeast of Iran’s capital Tehran.

Initially, reports simply described the attack by “rogues” without additional information. However, shortly afterwards, Iranian state media reported that 10 officers had been killed.

HalVash, a Baloch support group in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, released photos and video of a disabled truck painted with a green stripe used by Iranian police vehicles. One graphic photo shared by the group showed what appeared to be the bodies of two police officers in the front seat of a truck.

HalVash said two security forces vehicles were targeted and all occupants were killed. The truck appeared to be damaged only by bullets and not by the use of explosives.

State news agency IRNA reported that Eskandar Momeni, the country’s interior minister, had ordered an investigation into the incident, which it described as resulting in the “martyrdom of many policemen.”

Authorities have not identified any immediate suspects in the attack and no group has claimed responsibility. The attack came after Israel launched a major attack on Iran early Saturday morning.

Baloch regions in all three countries recorded low levels rise of Baloch nationalists for over two decades. Verifying information remains difficult in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan, which have been the site of violence involving heroin traffickers for decades.

Meanwhile, the Taliban said it was investigating reports that Iranian security forces in the region murdered Afghan migrants in early October, threatening to further strain relations between the nations.

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Associated Press writer Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.