One particular person died and not less than eight have been injured this Sunday in Iranin a capturing at a Shiite temple within the south, the state information company reported.
The assault on the Shrine of Shah Cheragh, within the metropolis of Shirazwas carried out by a person, in response to the governor of Fars province, Mohammad-Hadi Imanieh, who added that there was no obvious cause.
The police shot down one of many suspects, whereas the second escapedreported the Tasnim information company.
In October 2022, one other assault towards one other shrine in Shiraz had already prompted 13 deaths and 30 accidents.
The authorities hanged two males in July for that assault, whose authorship was claimed by the Islamic State (EI).
Iran had stated that foreigners, together with Afghans, have been concerned in that assault, however the nationalities of the executed males weren’t disclosed.
These executions came about close to the shrine, a significant Shiite pilgrimage web site in Iran.
Shiraz, positioned within the center-south of the Iranian territory, was one of many historic capitals of the Persian empire and has quite a few Shiite temples and shrines.
Imanieh instructed the native information company that “not less than 5 folks have been injured”though he clarified that there may very well be extra accidents, as a result of not all of the emergency providers had arrived on the scene.
Earlier, Iranian media had reported that two terrorists attacked the Shah Cheragh Mosque.
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