Pakistan, July 27 -- At least nine people were killed in an armed attack by the Sunni Jaish Al-Adl Baloch group on a courthouse in Iran's restive Sistan-Balochistan province on Saturday, including three of the assailants, state media reported. Another 22 were injured, according to the report. Jaish Al-Adl confirmed the deaths of its three members in the clashes with security forces in Zahedan, the capital of the far southeastern province bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan. Sistan-Balochistan is home to Iran's Sunni Muslim Baloch minority, who have long complained of economic marginalization and political exclusion. A toddler and a 60-year-old woman were among those killed, as well as three soldiers and law enforcement personnel assigned t...
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