The army said the attack had taken place during an Easter church service in Ariko village in the Kachia local government Area. Troops were in pursuit of the attackers, it added.
A suspect is in custody and an investigation is ongoing following the incident, which occurred near a Lao New Year celebration, Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office spokesperson Rebecca Melancon said.
"Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter are now in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement," the State Department said in a statement after Rubio revoked their green cards.
Since Vietnam, the US has successfully rescued thousands of downed aircrew members in hostile territory, including in Iraq and Bosnia, thanks to special helicopter models and pilot survival kits.
The report said that Iran's UN mission received a note from the State Department in December asking Aghajani to leave the country immediately, the latest in a series of expulsions last year.
The Dutch government last year paid 5.7 million euros to compensate Romania for the theft.
The decision to release the prisoners on the island comes after Washington's most intense pressure campaign in decades, although Havana denies any decision-making under US coercion.
Wisconsin's largest mosque said Sarsour, 53, is a legal permanent resident who has lived in the US for over three decades and was detained on Monday. He grew up in the West Bank.
The decision comes after France increased security at sensitive sites across Paris after a foiled bomb attack on Bank of America's offices last weekend, in the wake of the US-Israeli war on Iran.
The WSJ initially reported in February that the Bush could have been deployed to join the Lincoln in the Middle East, though the Ford was chosen to be sent instead.
In a vote on Wednesday by a core group of member states, 15 voted in favor, two abstained and four voted against moving forward with the process.
