Armed Attack

5 soldiers killed in Colombia guerrilla attack

TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – At least five soldiers were killed and several others injured in an attack by the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group in Anori, a city in northwestern Colombia, authority said Thursday.

Gunmen kill 10 in central Mexico bar attack

TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (MNA) – Gunmen attacked a bar in central Mexican city of Queretaro killing 10 people on Saturday (November 10, 2024), a local security official said.

50 killed in Sudan paramilitary attack

TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – More than 50 people were killed and over 200 injured Friday in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a village in central Sudan, according to non-governmental groups.

Unidentified gunmen kill at least 21 coal miners in Pakistan

TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – Unidentified gunmen attacked a cluster of small private coal mines in southwestern Pakistan early on Friday, shooting some miners as they slept and lining up others before opening fire, killing 21, police announced.

Gunmen attack police base in Mali capital

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – Gunmen attacked a military police base early Tuesday in Bamako, the capital of Mali.

Tajikistan's chief mufti injured in attack

TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – Tajikistan's top Muslim cleric Sayeedmukarram Abduqodirzoda was injured in an attack outside a central mosque in the capital Dushanbe on Wednesday, the interior ministry said.

More than 70 killed in armed attacks in Pakistan Balochistan

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – More than 70 people have been killed in four assaults amid several reported incidents of violence in Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan, according to military and police officials.

23 killed in armed attack in Pakistan (+VIDEO)

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Gunmen fatally shot 23 passengers after identifying them and taking them from buses, vehicles and trucks in one of the deadliest attacks in restive southwestern Pakistan, police and officials said Monday.

At least 30 killed in armed attack in Nigeria

TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – A recent armed attack in Nigeria’s Benue State killed at least 30 people, according to an official.

Gunmen kill 10 in central Nigeria attack

TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – At least 10 people were killed in an attack by suspected gunmen who invaded a local community in Nigeria's south-central state of Benue late Tuesday, a local government official said Wednesday.

Danish PM attacked by man in Copenhagen

TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen has been left "shocked" after being attacked in the street in Copenhagen, her office says.

French police kill man trying to 'burn synagogue'

TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – French police have neutralized an armed man who was trying to set fire to a synagogue in the north-western city of Rouen, France's interior minister has said.

Indian Air Force personnel killed in attack in Jammu, Kashmir

TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) – An Indian Air Force personnel was killed and four others were injured in an attack on a convoy in Jammu and Kashmir.

Ecuador president decrees state of emergency in 5 provinces

TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA) – Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday decreed a state of emergency in five coastal provinces because of "internal armed conflict".

Israeli forces kill 14 Palestinians during refugee camp siege

TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – The Israeli regime’s forces have gunned down at least 14 Palestinians, including 10 combatants, during their ongoing days-long siege on Nour Shams, a refugee camp located in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Ecuadorian mayor shot dead in armed attack

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – The mayor of Portovelo in Ecuador's southern province of El Oro was killed Friday in an armed attack against the municipal authority, the National Police said.

5 killed, injured in coastal Ecuador armed attack

TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – Three people, including two police officers, were killed and two other officers were injured in an armed attack in southwest Ecuador, the country's Attorney General's Office (FGE) said.

4 Israeli police forces injured in car-ramming operation

TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – Zionist regime media outlets reported that 4 Israeli police forces were injured in a car-ramming attack near the central town of Kochav Yair, close to the Green Line, overnight Tuesday.

At least 12 killed, 15 children missing in South Sudan attack

TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) – Youths attacked a village in eastern South Sudan and shot dead at least 12 people while 15 children are missing, officials said on Tuesday, as local conflicts continued to increase ahead of elections late this year.

Causalities reported in attack on Pakistani military forces

TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Pakistani local sources reported an attack that targeted the country's military forces in North Waziristan on Saturday and led to the killing and injury of several people.

Solider killed in attack in NW Pakistan

TEHRAN, Feb. 08 (MNA) – A paramilitary troops person was killed when unidentified militants attacked a security forces vehicle in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, security sources said.

Death toll from Ukraine’s strike on Lisichansk up to 28

TEHRAN, Feb. 04 (MNA) – The number of fatalities following the Ukrainian strike on Lisichansk has climbed to 28 people, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.

Attack on church in Istanbul leaves one death (+VIDEO)

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – Assailants launched an armed attack on an Italian church in Istanbul during a religious ceremony on Sunday, leaving one people dead, Turkey's interior minister said.

Kan'ani:

Iran, Pakistan not to allow fraternal ties to be damaged

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – Iran and Pakistan will not allow the fraternal relations between the two countries to be damaged, according to the Iranian foreign ministry's spokesman on Saturday.

9 foreign nationals killed in armed attack in SE Iran

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – Nine people were killed in an armed attack in Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran on Saturday.

Police chief:

Four elements behind Iran's Rask terrorist attack captured

TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – Iran’s police chief Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Radan has announced the arrest of the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Rask, southeastern Iran, in an extensive counter-terrorism operation.

Police officer martyred in armed attack in southeast Iran

TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – A police officer has been martyred as gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Rask County in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

At least 15 Gazans killed in Israeli overnight attacks

TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – At least 15 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes overnight Friday across the Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reported.

16 people killed in attack in Nigeria: report

TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (MNA) – Sixteen people were killed in an attack in Nigeria's north-central state of Plateau, where clashes between herders and farmers are common, media outlets said on Sunday, citing the Nigerian army.