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Islamabad: Baloch militants in Iran’s Sistan-Balochistan province mercilessly murdered 8 workers from Pakistan’s Punjab province. According to a media report on Sunday, the first militants tied the hands and feet of these workers with a rope and then fired bullets on them. This led to the death of these workers. According to the news of Pakistan’s newspaper ‘Dawn’, the incident took place in a village in Mehristan district on Saturday.
Iranian officials confirmed the murder of Pakistani citizens, saying that they were residents of Bahawalpur in southern Punjab and worked in a car repair shop. Iranian officials said they lived in the same shop where they used to repair cars. According to the news, unknown armed men entered the shop at night and tied their hands and feet, after which they killed him indiscriminately. The news states that the attackers escaped after killing eight Pakistani workers.
Irani police reached the spot and investigated
After receiving information about the incident, Irani police reached the spot. A spokesman for the banned Balochistan National Army (BNA) issued a statement in the media, taking responsibility for the assassination of eight Pakistanis. Iranian officials have said that the police is investigating the case. This is the second such incident in Balochistan. In January last year, armed men killed nine Pakistanis in Saravan city, who worked as a motor mechanic in Iran. Local groups of Pakistan and Iran have been struggling for decades for more autonomy in Balochistan. (Language)
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