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Second Iranian cleric dies after knifing at shrine
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA suspected jihadist attack at a revered shrine in Iran has claimed the life of a second Shiite Muslim cleric, state television says.
The death of Sadegh Darai is reported as thousands of mourners attend the funeral of another Shiite cleric, Mohammad Aslani, stabbed by the same suspected Sunni extremist.
A third cleric was wounded in Tuesday’s attack at the Imam Reza shrine in Iran’s second-largest city of Mashhad, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Darai, seriously wounded during the knifing, died in hospital, state television says.
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