Nine Pakistani citizens die in attack in southeastern Iran

Nine Pakistani citizens have been killed in an attack in southeastern Iran.

At least nine Pakistani citizens were killed and three injured in an attack by unknown assailants in the Iranian Sistan and Baluchestan province on the border with Pakistan, TASS reports citing Tasnim agency.

Three armed men were shooting at the house of foreign citizens and then fled. The police launched an investigation.

Such incidents often occur in Sistan and Baluchestan province.

Mehr agency reported on January 27 that nine foreigners were killed as a result of an armed attack by unknown people. None of the groups operating in the Iranian border areas have claimed responsibility for this attack.