Sunni Militant Groups Claims Responsibility For Killing 10 Border Guards Near Pakistani Border

April 27 2017

Iran

Sunni militants from Pakistan have killed 10 Iranian border guards in a attack from Pakistan, reports Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, citing Iranian media and officials.

The border guards were shot and killed Wednesday by militants with long-range guns in Mirjaveh county in Sistan-Baluchestan province, said Iranian police.

The shooting came from Pakistan, and a statement from Iran said Islamabad "bears the ultimate responsibility."

A militant group called Jaish al-Adl...

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