Pakistan sent a protest letter to Iran on Saturday demanding action against Tehran-based “terrorists” involved in a recent targeted killing of its 14 security personnel, mostly from the Pakistan Navy.
Unidentified gunmen donning uniforms of paramilitarysoldiers Thursday massacred 14 passengers after forcing them to disembark frombuses on a highway in the restive Balochistan province.
According to the letter sent by the Foreign Office (FO) toIran, at least 14 personnel belonging to the Armed Forces of Pakistan wereoffloaded from buses on April 18 in Oramra area of Balochistan and killed.
The Foreign Office said the “terrorists” belongingto Baloch nationalist groups were operating from a border region in Iran andhas asked Tehran to take action against them.
“BRAS, which is an alliance of three Baloch terroristorganisations, has claimed responsibility for this terrorist act,” itsaid.
“Killing of 14 innocent Pakistanis by terrorist groupsbased in Iran is a very serious incident that Pakistan protests strongly.Pakistan awaits Iran’s response to its request for action against the groupsbased in Iran, whose locations have been identified by Pakistan a number oftimes,” the letter said.
It asserted that “after the incident, the terrorists who arrived from border region returned to that area”.