Summary Two Pakistanis were killed and 3 others wounded in firing by Iranian forces on Saturday.
QUETTA (Web Desk) - Two Pakistanis were killed and three others wounded in firing by Iranian forces on Pak-Iran border on Saturday.
According to details, some Pakistanis were trying to enter Iran from Washap area without legal documents when Iranian forces opened fire at them resultantly two Pakistanis lost their lives while three sustained severe injuries. Later on, the bodies and the injured persons were handed over to Pakistani authorities.
It is worth to mention here that the people were traveling both sides of the border without passport and visa.
About 20 Iranian border guards have been killed in clashes with armed bandits on the southeastern frontier with Pakistan, Iranian media have reported.
The clashes took place on Friday night in a mountainous region outside the town of Saravan in the south-east Sistan-Baluchistan province, the Irna state news agency reported.
The Mehr news agency said "bandits" attacked a border post.
An Iranian prosecutor also announced that authorities had executed 16 "terrorists" in the same province on Saturday in retaliation for the killings.
