Several people reported injured in shootings at Iranian parliament
TEHRAN, JUN 07 (DNA) – Several people were reported injured after armed men burst into Tehran’s parliament building and the mausoleum of revolutionary founder Ruhollah Khomeini on Wednesday.
There are unconfirmed reports that four ‘terrorists,’ including a suicide bomber, have attacked the mausoleum.
Lawmaker Elias Hazrati said three assailants, one with a pistol and two with AK-47 assault rifles, raided parliament, according to the state television website.
News agencies ISNA and Fars said three people had been shot, including at least one security guard.
a member of the parliament as saying that all the parliament doors were shut and one of the assailants was surrounded by security forces.
An apparently coordinated attack took place at the mausoleum of Iranian revolutionary founder Ruhollah Khomeini, Fars reported.
Fars said an armed man opened fire inside the mausoleum in southern Tehran, around 20 kilometres from the parliament building, with reports of several injuries.
quoted an unnamed source saying that an attacker at the mausoleum had blown himself up. The identity and the motivation of the assailant was still unclear, Iranian news agency said.=DNA
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