Tehran, Dec 11, IRNA � Tehran Police Information Center said a gun shot at the capital's Niroo Havaei metro station on Thursday evening which left a passenger injured, was unintended.

'At 20:30, one of the forces deployed in the station unintentionally fired a shot when carrying his weapon, supposing that it was empty,' the center announced in a statement.

'A 30-year-old passenger was hit in his leg and was taken to a clinic immediately by police for treatment.'

He is in a satisfactory condition, the police statement said.

By IRNA