(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) At least seven Iranian police members were killed when their plane crashed in the mountains outside of the provincial capital of Zahedan, eastern Iran late Saturday.
According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), three passengers and four staff members of the Turbo Commander airplane were killed in the incident. The airplane was heading from Tehran to Zahedan to investigate an incident involving the killing of four Iranian police members in the area, the Agency added.
Iran had accused Pakistan in the murder of the police members last Wednesday in Saravan County in Sistan and Baluchistan near the Pakistani borders.
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