Skirmish took place between the border guards and frontier violators on the Iranian-Azerbaijani border today. Consequently, five people were killed, haqqin.az reports, citing country’s State Border Service press-service.

According to the information, a group of 8-10 people was discovered at 04:10 am in the territory of a border crossing checkpoint near Dashkend village of Azerbaijan’s Yardimli region. They were trying to cross the Azerbaijani border from the Iranian side.

The group members ignored the calls to stop and opened fire at the border guards.

Five frontier violators were injured and two others were detained as a result of the ensuing skirmish. Military doctors immediately arrived at the scene, but it wasn’t possible to save the injured.

It was found that the group of frontier violators included citizens of Bangladesh and their guides, who were armed.

The identities of those killed during the shootout have been confirmed. According to the information, two of them are citizens Sadig Ragimov and Akper Gasimov from Ostayir village of Yardimli region.

The three killed are from Bangladesh. Their identities haven’t yet been confirmed.