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VIDEO: 16 killed in armed attack on Pakistan Army
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) – Over 16 Pakistani soldiers are believed to be killed and over 40 injured in an overnight attack by an unknown group on the Pakistan Army's Frontier Corps (FC) in Balochistan province.
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5 Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir army operation
TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) – Five Indian soldiers were killed and several others were wounded during what the army said was an operation against armed groups in Kashmir.
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Teenager kills 9 in Belgrade school shooting
TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – A 14-year-old boy shot his teacher before opening fire on other students and security guards in a school shooting in Serbia which has left nine dead, police have said.
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Police commander killed in armed attack in SE Iran
TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – The chief of the Iranian Police Criminal Investigation Department of Saravan County in the southwest province of Sistan and Baluchistan was martyred in an armed attack.
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5 killed in mass shooting near Cleveland, Texas
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) – Five people have reportedly been killed, including an eight-year-old child, in a mass shooting that took place at a property in Cleveland, eastern Texas.
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Raeisi condoles martyrdom of Ayatollah Soleimani
TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi expressed condolences over the martyrdom of the Iranian senior cleric Ayatollah Abbas-Ali Soleimani on Wednesday.
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Armed attack reported on US military checkpoints in E Syria
TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Unknown armed group attacked military checkpoints responsible for the protection of the road leading to the US base in the al-Omar oil field in eastern Syria.
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60 killed in Burkina Faso by unidentified men
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – At least 60 people were reported to be killed by men wearing military uniforms, said a prosecutor.
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At least 33 killed by gunmen in Northwest Nigeria
TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) – Gunmen have attacked a village in northwest Nigeria and killed at least 33 people, a local official said Sunday.
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Former Indian politician, his brother shot dead live on TV
TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – A former Indian lawmaker convicted of kidnapping and facing murder and assault charges was shot dead along with his brother in a dramatic attack that was caught live on TV in northern India, officials said Sunday.
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2 policemen killed in attack in Pakistan's Balochistan
TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) – Two police personnel were killed and another was injured in an attack by unknown assailants in the Killi Spine region of the Kuchlak district in Pakistan's Balochistan on Sunday.
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Honduras extends emergency powers to fight violent gangs
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA) – Honduras on Friday extended the country’s existing state of emergency that suspends some constitutional rights, to tackle violent gangs within the country.
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Gunmen kill 46 people in attack on rural village in Nigeria
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA) – Forty-six bodies have been found after gunmen attacked a rural village in central northern Nigeria, local government officials said, the latest in a series of deadly assaults in the region.
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Two women stabbed to death at Lisbon’s Islamic center
TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) – Two people were killed and several others were injured in a stabbing at an Islamic center in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, Portuguese authorities have said.
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Armed attack in Azeri capital leaves several injured
TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – Local sources in Azerbaijan reported on Friday that several people were injured in a shooting in the country's capital, Baku.
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11 killed, wounded in armed attack in Iraq's Diyala
TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – Iraqi sources reported that at least 11 civilians were killed and wounded during the attack by armed men in the northeast of Diyala province.
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Attack on northern Burkina Faso leaves causalities
TEHRAN, Mar. 06 (MNA) – Several were reported killed following an attack carried out on northern Burkina Faso, news sources reported on Monday.
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One killed, two wounded in Baku armed attack (+VIDEO)
TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Two people were injured and one person has been killed as a result of the shooting that occurred at a hypermarket in Baku city, Azerbaijan.
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4 dead as gunmen attack coal mine in Pakistan's Balochistan
TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – At least four coal miners were killed and three others injured when unidentified armed assailants attacked them at a mine in the Khost area of Harnai district in the Balochistan province on Monday, officials said.
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Burkina Faso assailants kill at least 15 Nigerians
TEHRAN, Feb. 07 (MNA) – At least 15 Nigerian Muslim pilgrims on their way to Senegal were killed when gunmen in Burkina Faso attacked the buses transporting them, Nigeria's presidency said on Monday.
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At least 12 killed in Burkina attack: local sources
TEHRAN, Feb. 06 (MNA) – At least 12 people were killed in an attack in northern Burkina Faso on Saturday, local sources said, with the incident confirmed by a security source, as violence rages in the Sahel nation.
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UN peacekeeper killed in attack on helicopter in DR Congo
TEHRAN, Feb. 06 (MNA) – A United Nations peacekeeper from South Africa was killed and another wounded in an attack on their helicopter in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, the organisation said.
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Iran FM spokesman:
Serious investigation into attack on Azeri embassy underway
TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has offered condolences to Azerbaijan over the death of one person in an assault on the embassy in Tehran, stressing the Iranian authorities have launched a serious probe into the matter.
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Attack on Iraqi Army patrol leaves casualties
TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – An Iraqi security member was reported killed and another was injured in an armed attack in the country's capital, Baghdad.
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At least 23 killed in armed attack in eastern DR Congo
TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) – Suspected gunmen have killed at least 23 people in an attack in eastern DR Congo, local officials said Monday, in the latest violence in the turbulent region.
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One person killed in armed car assault in central Istanbul
TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – An armed assault was carried out on a car on the Golden Horn Bridge in the center of Istanbul, killing one person, Turkish media reported on Saturday.
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Death toll rises to 19 from armed attack on Mexican prison
TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) – An attack on a prison in the Mexican border town of Juarez left 19 dead and allowed a cartel kingpin to escape along with two dozen other prisoners, authorities said Monday.
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Bandits kill 37 in Nigeria's Kaduna, burn down houses
TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – 37 people have been reportedly killed by bandits during fresh attacks in the Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State in Nigeria.
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Gunmen attack a house in Mexico, seven people killed
TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) – An armed group in the Mexican State of Guerrero attacked a house and killed 7 people.
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M23 rebels capture 2 more towns in eastern Congo
TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – Rebels seized two major towns in eastern Congo after fierce fighting Saturday, doubling the territory they now control, a civil society leader and residents said.