Attack on Iran’s shrine kills at least 1, injures several

DUBAI: An attack on a Shiite Muslim shrine in Iran’s southern city of Shiraz killed at least one person on Sunday, a local official told state TV, adding that one person had been arrested.“It happened around 7pm … an armed terrorist entered the Shrine area and started shooting … he was arrested,” said Mohammad Hadi Imaniyeh, the governor of Fars province.At least seven people were wounded, including two workers at the shrine and two pilgrims, and shops in the area had been closed.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine, which state news agency Irna said had been carried out by terrorists. Islamic State last October said it had launched an attack on the shrine in which 15 people were killed. Islamic state has claimed previous attacks in Iran, including the deadly twin bombings in 2017 that targeted Iran’s parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Videos on Iranian state media showed panicked worshippers running to find their relatives and bloodied clothes left in the aftermath of the attack.

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