2024-01-03 12:12:00
Event brought together thousands of people in Soleimani’s hometown Alireza Bahrami/Fars News Agency – 03.01.2024 At least 73 people died in ‘terrorist explosions’ during a ceremony in the city of Karmania, in eastern Iran, this Wednesday (3) , reported the country’s state press. At that moment, thousands of people gathered in honor of the anniversary of the death of General Qassem Soleimani, the target of an American attack on January 3, 2020. Around 170 people remained and needed to be rescued, according to the Iranian news agency Mehr, which adds that unconfirmed reports say that “bags containing bombs exploded in the crowd”, gathered near the cemetery where Soleimani was buried, in his hometown. “Some provincial authorities classified the nature of the incident as a terrorist act,” the agency adds.
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