Rebels kill eight Iran soldiers on Pakistan border
The incident in the Negur district was the deadliest since October 2013 when 14 border guards were killed
Eight Iranian border guards have been killed in a clash with Sunni rebels who had infiltrated from neighboring Pakistan, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
“Armed terrorists entered Iran from Pakistan and clashed with border guards, killing eight soldiers before fleeing back to Pakistan,” Ali Asghar Mirshekari, deputy governor of Sistan-Baluchistan province, told the news agency.
The southeastern province has a large Sunni community and has seen repeated attacks by militants on the security forces of mainly Shiite Iran.
But the clash in the Negur district was the deadliest since October 2013 when 14 border guards were killed in an attack claimed by Sunni militant group Jaish-ul Adl (Army of Justice).
The same group captured five Iranian troops in February last year. Four of them were released last April. The fifth is still missing presumed dead.
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