Iran says 16 killed in infiltration from northern Iraq: report

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TEHRAN (AFP) — Twelve militants and four police were killed during a border infiltration from northern Iraq into Iran's West Azerbaijan province, the Fars news agency reported on Thursday.

"A group of 40 terrorists who had infiltrated the Haj Omran area near Piranshahr were caught in our fire, resulting in 12 of them killed and a number injured and the rest escaped," Fars quoted a West Azerbaijan police information officer, Shahnam Rezaei, as saying.

He said four Iranian border patrol police also died in the shoot-out and one was wounded, but gave no further details or the date of the clash.

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