Militants kill five Iranian policemen in restive province bordering Pakistan

TEHRAN: At least five Iranian police have been killed in an ambush in the restive southeast, Iranian media reported on Friday. The unidentified assailants struck two units on patrol near the town of Iranshahr in Sistan-Baluchistan province, the Fars news agency said, citing local police. “In this terrorist act, five servants of security and peace were martyred,” it quoted police as saying. Sistan-Baluchistan, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, has long been a flashpoint for clashes between security forces and armed groups, including drug traffickers and separatists.

Raccontata daarabnews.com