(MENAFN) A half a dozen mortar shells have been fired by the Iranian forces into Pakistani territory near the Panjgur border in Balochistan on Saturday, according to Fars News citing official sources.
The shells were launched by Iranian border guards without provocation. The shells landed and exploded in an open space in the Parako area, a small village in Panjgur district.
Security officials said that mortar shells were launched in the early hours of the day, adding that no casualty was reported but panic gripped the people of the area when they woke up to loud explosions.
Levies and Frontier Corps personnel rushed to the site where the shells had landed to gather evidence. The Panjgur deputy commissioner informed the officials concerned in Quetta about the incident.
Iranian forces have violated Pakistani territory with frequency in recent months and Islamabad has repeatedly lodged protests with Tehran over border violations.
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