Suicide bombing at Iran mosque kills scores during Shia holiday
At least 41 people killed in attack on the eve of Ashoura as Sunni rebel group Jundollah claims responsibility Iran’s state-run news network captures the scene after the bombing Photograph: Press TV/EPA Iran’s biggest Shia religious holiday was overshadowed by a suicide bombing today that killed 41 people in eastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan. It was claimed by a Sunni rebel group. The attack at the Imam Hussein mosque in the port city of Chabahar, close to the Pakistani border, happened during a religious ceremony on the eve of Ashoura. More than 50 people were injured in the attack involving four bombers, two of whom detonated explosives attached to their belts. A third was shot at by…
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Suicide bombing at Iran mosque kills scores during Shia holiday
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