 NOWKANDI: Nine personnel of Iranian security forces and one Baloch tribesman were killed in a gunbattle in Nowkandi, a Pakistani town bordering Iran, on Monday. Several Iranian security force personnel had crossed the international border on Monday morning and attacked Yaqoob Bazaar in Bahu Kalat town in Pakistan to secure the release of their missing officials allegedly abducted by local tribesmen. The attack prompted a shootout between Iranians and the tribesmen in which nine Iranian security personnel and one tribesman were killed. The Iranians reportedly used heavy artillery in the attack. |