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Armed attack reported at a Shia shrine in Iran
At least 15 including children have been killed in the attack
Police have arrested 2/3 assailants

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Several including children killed as 'gunmen attack' Shia shrine in Iran

Name: Several including children killed as 'gunmen attack' Shia shrine in Iran
Uploaded: 2022-10-27T14:12:12.000+05:30
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Description: Several including children killed in 'gunmen attack' on Shia shrine in Iran

Reports from Iran media have referred to the attackers as 'takfiri terrorists', a term used by Shia dominated city for hardline, armed Sunni Islamists

Updated: Sep 02, 2022 10:53

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Several including children killed as 'gunmen attack' Shia shrine in Iran

At least 15 people including children were killed in an armed attack at a Shia shrine in Iranian city of Shiraz.

Terror outfit Islamic State has claimed responsbility for the October 26 attack.

Reports from Iran media have referred to the attackers as 'takfiri terrorists', a term used by Shias for hardline, armed Sunni Islamists .

Two of the three assailants have been nabbed with local reports claiming that the gunmen were not Iranian nationals.

The attack at the Shia shrine took placeon the same day when Iran's security forces reportedly opened fire at those mourning Mahsa Amini's death.

Mourners on October 26 had gathered at a Kurdish cemetry to mark 40 days of Amini's death.

Also watch: Video: Iran security forces fire tear gas at girl's school in latest clashes

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