Pakistan-Based Gunmen Kill 8 Iranian Border Guards
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Eight Iranian border guards were killed in the country’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan when assailants coming from Pakistan opened fire on them in an ambush and escaped cross the border, a provincial official said.
Ali Asghar Mirshekari, the deputy governor-general of the border province for security and law enforcement affairs, said the incident took place on Monday at Negur, located between Pishin and Baqukalat regions.
The guards were on patrol in the border area when assailants opened fire, he said, noting that a rocket-propelled grenade killed 3 sergeants and 4 soldiers, while the eighth victim was shot by a Simonov sniper gun.
The gunmen had entered Iran from Pakistan and fled back to the country after the deadly attack, he said.
Earlier on Monday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) had said in a statement that it has smashed a terrorist team, affiliated with foreign espionage services, in Qasr-e Qand and Nikshahr counties in the same province.
The IRGC Ground Force commander said the Iranian forces inflicted heavy damages on the terrorists and confiscated large amount of arms and equipment, including 200 kilograms of explosives, detonators, ammunition for AK-47 and machine guns, and electronic devices.
