A shooting at a Shia Muslim shrine in Iran's south kills at least one person and wounds eight others, state media reports, less than a year after a similar attack on the same holy site
Last year, on October 26, at least 13 people were killed and 40 others injured after an armed assailant opened an indiscriminate fire inside the 12th century shrine. / Photo: Reuters Archive
The attack on Sunday comes less than a year after a similar one on the same holy site, the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the Fars province capital Shiraz. The wounded"have been transferred to medical centres and are undergoing treatment", IRNA said. Earlier, it said four people were killed but has retracted the initial report.
Iranian media outlets have provided different accounts of the attack and varying casualty tolls. Bouali said a lone gunman was behind the shooting and arrested shortly after.Fars province governor Mohamed Hadi Imanieh told state TV the attack occurred around 1530 GMT .
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