The security agencies have recovered three Iranian police who were kidnapped by militants and handed them back to authorities in Iran, while a fourth is believed to have been killed, officials said on Monday.
The four policemen were abducted on February 27 after a deadly clash in Iran's province of Sistan-Balochistan and taken towards the Pakistani border, prompting complaints from Tehran. A videotape attributed to the Jund Allah (Soldiers of God) militant group and aired on Al-Arabiya television on March 8 purportedly showed the men on their knees, while two masked gunmen stood behind them.
"Security agencies recovered the three Iranian officials in Buleda town on Friday and handed them to Iranian authorities," a security official told AFP in Quetta, 550 kilometres west of Buleda.