Daily Times

QUETTA: A man was killed as Iranian border guards fired a mortar shell into Pakistani territory near the border with Iran on Saturday, a government official said.

The mortar shell hit a vehicle in Balochistan’s Panjgur district, killing Kam Jan, a resident of Washuk who was travelling in the vehicle, Commissioner Makran Division Bashir Bangulzai said.

The vehicle was also destroyed in the mortar attack that took place at around 6:30am. Levies and Frontier Corps personnel reached the site of the attack and started an investigation into the incident. The deceased man’s body was shifted to a basic health unit. Security was tightened at the border following the Iranian attack. “We have informed provincial and federal governments about the Iranian violation,” Bangulzai said. Pakistani and Iranian officials, in a meeting in Taftan on May 12, had decided to ensure border coordination to prevent any untoward incident. The meeting was held in the wake of April 26 killing of 10 Iranian border guards in a militant attack in the Iranian border area.