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Three Iranian border guards killed in terrorist attack near Pakistan border

Friday, 13 September 2024 5:28 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 13 September 2024 5:28 AM ]

Screengrab from a video showing the moment an Iranian border guard's car was targeted in a terrorist attack in Mirjaveh on September 12, 2024. (Via social media)

Three Iranian border guards, including one officer and two conscript soldiers, were killed in a terrorist attack in Mirjaveh, Sistan and Balouchestan province, an official has confirmed.

Several terrorists opened fire on border guards who were refueling at a gas station in Mirjaveh on Thursday evening, according to Mehdi Shamsabadi, the prosecutor of Zahedan.

"In this terrorist incident, three border guards were martyred, and one civilian present at the scene was injured," he added.

Shamsabadi mentioned that a judicial case has been filed for the terrorist attack, and intelligence efforts to identify the perpetrators have begun.

The victims have been identified as Second Lieutenant Mohammad Amin Narouei, Private Parsa Soozani, and Private Amir Ebrahimzadeh.

Three Iranian security officers have been martyred after gunmen fired at them in the Iranian city of Mirjaveh.

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In a statement later in the evening, the so-called Jaish al-Adl terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Jaish al-Adl, a notorious terrorist group headquartered in Pakistan, has been involved in numerous terror attacks against Iran.

One of the latest attacks occurred in April, when at least five police officers were killed in an assault by the terror group in the province.

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On January 16, two major strongholds of the group in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan were precisely struck and completely wiped out by a salvo of missiles and a squadron of combat drones.

This followed an assault on Rask County’s police headquarters on December 15 last year, which claimed the lives of 11 police officers and injured at least six others.

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