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Eugene

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Wed Feb 13, 2019, 12:19 PM Feb 2019

Suicide attack kills 20 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards: Fars news

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 13, 2019 / 11:13 AM / UPDATED 6 MINUTES AGO

Suicide attack kills 20 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards: Fars news

GENEVA (Reuters) - Twenty members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards were killed a suicide attack the southeast of the country, Fars news reported on Wednesday.

The attack happened on the road between the cities of Zahedan and Khash, a volatile area near the Pakistan border where militant groups and drug smugglers frequently operate.

Ten members of the Guards were also wounded in the attack, which targeted a bus transporting the security force, Fars reported.

Reporting By Babak Dehghanpisheh; Editing by Toby Chopra


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-guards-attacks/suicide-attack-kills-20-members-of-irans-revolutionary-guards-fars-news-idUSKCN1Q2230
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