QUETTA: Unidentified armed men killed eight Pakistani workers in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan, who were working at a workshop, on Saturday, officials said.<\/p>\n
The Iranian authorities confirming the killing of the Pakistani nationals said that the tragic incident took place in a village of Meharistan district in the morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the eight Pakistani who were killed belong to Bahawalpur city of southern Punjab,\u201d the Iranian officials said, adding that they were staying at a workshop where they used to dent, polish, paint and repair cars.<\/p>\n
According to reports, un\u00ad\u00adknown armed men barged into the workshop sometime in the night and after tidying their hands and feet opened indiscriminate firing and killed them.<\/p>\n
The attackers after killing all the eight Pakistanis escaped from the site.<\/p>\n
All victims hailed from Bahawalpur, worked at car repair shop<\/p>\n
The Iranian police rushed to the area after receiving information about the tragic incident and after recovering the bodies were shifted to the hospital.<\/p>\n
Five out of eight victims of the firing were identified as Dilshad, his son Muhammad Naeem, Jaffar, Danish and Nasir.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the banned Balochistan National Army (BNA) through a statement issued to the media has claimed responsibility for the killing of eight Pakistanis.<\/p>\n
Iranian authorities have said that the Iranian police were investigating the incident. It was a second such incident in the Sistan Baluchestan, as a few years ago armed men had killed nine Pakistanis who were also working in Iran as motor mechanics and staying in a workshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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