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Hostage, three gunmen die in Iran kidnap rescue
[Dawn] One hostage and three gunnies who held six Iranians captive in a restive southeastern region of the country have been killed in a rescue operation, the IRNA news agency said on Saturday.Gunmen had attacked a bus on Thursday and seized six people -- five soldiers and a bank clerk -- between the towns of Iranshahr and Chabahar in Sistan-Balochistan province. "In a successful operation by the Revolutionary Guards, five of six hostages have been freed. One has been martyred and three of the culprits have been killed," Jalal Sayah, a provincial security official told IRNA without saying when this happened. Posted by: Fred 2010-09-19 |
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