The bodies of the eight nationals killed in the province of Sistan-Baluchestan de Iran were repatriated to Pakistan on Thursday, said the wing of the military media in a statement.
Pakistan sought Iran’s “complete cooperation” on Sunday by investigating the inhuman and cowardly “murder of eight of her nationals, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
A spokesman for the forbidden team, the National Army of Baluchistan (BNA), the responsibility of the incident was attributed through a statement issued to the media. However, AFP He informed that the militant group Jaishul Adl also attributed the responsibility of the attack. According to the FO, Pakistani officials in Iran were in “constant touch” with the authorities there for an investigation into the incident and the repatriation of the bodies.
According to a press release issued by Public Relations between Services (ISPR), a C-130 aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force transmitted by plane the “mortal remains of eight Pakistani national from Zahedan, Iran, to Bahawalpur”.
The deceased, all residents of the Bahawalpur district, were tragically victims of an atrocious terrorist attack in the province of Sistan-Balocistan of Iran, said Ispr.
He said that after the completion of medical-legal procedures and the necessary documentation, the bodies were delivered to the general consul in Zahedan and were subsequently repatriated in the early hours of Thursday.
“When arriving at Bahawalpur airport, a solemn ceremony was held to receive the deceased, with the civil and military officers who attended to present their respects and offer condolences to the afflicted families,” said Ispr.
The armed forces join the nation in this hour of pain and reaffirm their unwavering resolution against terrorism in all its forms, said ISPR.
The president of the Joint Committee of Personnel Chiefs and the Heads of Services expressed a deep sadness for the tragic loss of precious lives, the statement added.
They extended sincere condolences to the families of the victims and prayed by force, patience and strength for them to support this irreparable loss, he added.
Baluchistan, which limits Sistan-Baluchestan, has witnessed a series of attacks aimed at those that come from Punjab.
It was the second incident of this type in Sistan-Baluchestan, since nine Pakistani workers who come from Punjab were shot dead by attackers not identified on January 27, 2024 in the province.
That incident occurred the same month that Pakistan made retaliation strikes on terrorist hiding places in Sistan-Baluchestan after Iran launched attacks in the border city of Panjgur in Baluchistan here.
At the end of March, five passengers were shot dead in a shot incident in the Kalmat area of the Baluchistan Gwadar district, and the officials said that at least four of them belonged to Punjab.
Days before that, four Punjab workers were shot dead by unknown assailants in the Kalat district.
