A few days after Iran's air strike in Pakistan, tension between the two countries has once again increased. Now, on Saturday, unknown gunmen shot dead nine people in the south-eastern border area of Iran adjacent to Pakistan. This incident has been confirmed by Pakistan's Ambassador to Iran.
At the same time, Iranian media says that the police is searching for the three gunmen who fled from the spot after the shooting.
Regarding this incident, Pakistan Ambassador Muhammad Mudassir Tipu wrote on social media platform X, Deeply shocked by the horrific murder of 9 Pakistanis in Sarawan. The Embassy expresses its condolences on his demise and expresses its condolences to the family. We have requested Iran to provide full cooperation in this matter.
Everyone used to do auto repair work.
On this incident, Iran's government media said that no person or group has taken responsibility for the firing in Saravan of Sistan-Baluchistan province. While Baloch rights group Halwash said on its website that the victims were Pakistani laborers who worked at an auto repair shop and lived there. Apart from the death of 9 Pakistanis, three other people are also injured in this incident.
Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said, this is a horrific and despicable incident and we unequivocally condemn it. We are in contact with Iranian authorities and stress the need to immediately investigate the incident and hold those involved accountable.
Iran's foreign minister will visit Pakistan on Monday
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kananu condemned the shooting. He told that this incident has happened before the proposed visit of Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian to Pakistan. He is going to Pakistan on Monday. He said in a statement, Iran and Pakistan will not allow enemies to harm the fraternal relations between the two countries.
Let us tell you that in this area there have been clashes between security forces and terrorists as well as drug smugglers for a long time. Fuel prices in Iran are the lowest in the world and due to this fuel smuggling is also taking place in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
