14 Iranian guards killed in clashes near Pakistan-Iran border: Report

Five were also wounded in clashes with armed bandits.

Five were also wounded in clashes with "armed bandits" on the border with Pakistan overnight, Iran's state news agency reported. PHOTO: FILE

DUBAI:
Fourteen Iranian border guards were killed and five wounded in clashes with "armed bandits" on the border with Pakistan overnight, Iran's state news agency reported.


The report gave no more details on the identity of the people who fought with the border guards.

"In armed clashes that occurred overnight between border agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran and armed bandits on the borders of the city of Saravan, Balochistan, 14 border guards were martyred," the IRNA news agency quoted an unnamed official as saying.
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