Hello and welcome to the details of More than 70 killed in ‘terrorist attacks’ near Iranian Guards commander Soleimani’s tomb during ceremony and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - An Iranian policeman man holds a picture of late General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, as people gather to mourn him in Tehran, Iran January 4, 2020. — WANA pic via Reuters
DUBAI, Jan 3 — Two explosions caused by ‘terrorist attacks’ killed more than 70 people and wounded scores at a ceremony in Iran to commemorate top commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in a 2020 US drone attack, Iranian officials said today.
Advertisement
Iranian state television reported a first and then a second explosion during an anniversary event at the cemetery where Soleimani is buried in the southeastern city of Kerman.
“The blasts were caused by terrorist attacks,” state media quoted a local official in the Kerman province as saying. Babak Yektaparast, a spokesperson for Iran’s emergency services, was reported later as saying 73 people had been killed and 170 injured.
The semi-official Nournews had said earlier that “several gas canisters exploded on the road leading to the cemetery”.
Advertisement
State TV showed Red Crescent rescuers attending to wounded people at the ceremony, where hundreds of Iranians had gathered to mark the anniversary of Soleimani’s death. Some Iranian news agencies said the number of wounded people was much higher.
“Our rapid response teams are evacuating the injured... But there are waves of crowds blocking roads,” Reza Fallah, head of the Kerman province Red Crescent told state TV. — Reuters
Advertisement
These were the details of the news More than 70 killed in ‘terrorist attacks’ near Iranian Guards commander Soleimani’s tomb during ceremony for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at Malay Mail and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
