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Bosonic

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Sat Oct 26, 2013, 03:08 AM Oct 2013

Iran guards 'killed in clash' on Pakistan border [View all]

Source: BBC

Fourteen Iranian border guards have been killed in a clash with gunmen on the border with Pakistan, the official Iranian news agency Irna says.

The clashes took place on Friday night in a mountainous region outside Saravan, a border town in south-east Iran.

Five border guards were wounded in the attack, Irna said.

An unnamed official quoted by the agency blamed "bandits or rebels opposed to the Islamic republic".

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24682729

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