Four people die in Pakistan due to shooting by Iranian forces on the common border

May 30. (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least four Pakistanis were killed on Tuesday by shots fired by Iranian security forces in a town located on the common border, Pakistani authorities reported this Thursday, without Tehran commenting on this incident.

A senior official in the Mashkel administration quoted by the Pakistani newspaper ‘Dawn’ has indicated that “Iranian forces opened fire inside the Pakistani border” in the province of Balochistan (west), while a doctor from a medical center in the city ​​has confirmed four deaths.

Likewise, Pakistani official sources have stated that the victims “were involved in the supply of smuggled fuel from Iran”, although one of the wounded has stressed that they were waiting for a fuel delivery when the Iranian forces fired the shots.

The authorities of both countries have reinforced their contacts in recent months to increase efforts to combat terrorism and smuggling after the exchange of bombings in January against “terrorists” in their respective territories.

In recent years, Iran and Pakistan have exchanged accusations about the presence of Baloch armed groups on both sides of the border that use these bases to carry out attacks, although they had always remained in diplomatic channels with the commitment to strengthen cooperation in the face of which they describe as a shared threat.