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Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Bombs at Soleimani grave detonated remotely, says Revolutionary Guard-linked news site
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe pair of bombs that detonated near the grave of slain Iranian general Qasem Soleimani were set off by remote control, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reports, quoting informed sources.
“Two bags carrying bombs went off” at the site, says the news outlet, which is considered close to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose Quds Force Soleimani headed before his 2020 assassination.
At least 170 people were wounded in twin bombings alongside at least 73 deaths, state media says.
The state-run ISNA news agency quotes Kerman mayor Saeed Tabrizi as saying the bombs exploded 10 minutes apart.
Online footage shows crowds scrambling to flee as security personnel cordoned off the area.
BREAKING:
At least 73 killed and 180 wounded in terror attack in Kerman, Iran.
2 bombs exploded as crowds were gathering near the grave of General Qassem Suleimani on the 4th anniversary of the U.S. drone strike that killed him.
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Images on state television show ambulances and rescue personnel in the area.
BREAKING:
Reports of as many as 20 casualties in an explosion in Kerman, Iran.
Regime supporters are gathering for Soleimani (Hajj Kotlet)'s memorial service
Will update.
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