At least 24 people, including 12 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel were killed and 53 injured after unidentified gunmen targeted a military parade in southwestern Iran's Ahvaz city on Saturday, state media said.
At least 24 people, including 12 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel were killed and 53 injured after unidentified gunmen targeted a military parade in southwestern Iran's Ahvaz city on Saturday, state media said.
Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported that eight troops had been killed and 20 people, including a woman and child, were wounded in the terror attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
The semi-official Fars news agency said that four gunmen on a motorcycle, who were disguised as military personnel, carried out the attack. Deputy governor in Khuzestan province, Ali Hosein Hoseinzadeh, said that two gunmen were killed by security forces and two others were injured, reported Al-Jazeera.
Gunmen attack Iran military parade, killing at least 24. Several parades are being conducted across Iran to mark the anniversary of the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war, that began from 1980 to 1988.
Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan province, is rich in oil reserves and has seen a number of attacks by the Arab separatists in the past. The city was also one of the few venues of anti-government protests late last year.
1. Annual military parade in Tehran
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech during the annual military parade marking in Tehran, Iran September 22, 2018.
Photo Credits: Reuters
2. Attack on a military parade
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Iranian men, women, and children, lying on ground for and some seeking cover at the scene of an attack on a military parade that was marking the anniversary of the outbreak of its devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein''s Iraq. Dozens of people were killed with dozens others wounded in an attack in the southwestern Khuzestan province on September 22 targeting on an army parade commemorating the anniversary of the 1980-1988 Iran Iraq war, state media reported.
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3. Iranian soldiers taking cover in a rain gutter
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Iranian soldiers taking cover in a rain gutter off a street at the scene of an attack on a military parade that was marking the anniversary of the outbreak of its devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein''s Iraq.
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4. Iranian women and soldiers taking cover next to bushes
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Iranian city of Ahvaz shows Iranian women and soldiers taking cover next to bushes at the scene of an attack on a military parade that was marking the anniversary of the outbreak of its devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein''s Iraq. - Dozens of people were killed with dozens others wounded in an attack in the southwestern Khuzestan province on September 22 targeting on an army parade commemorating the anniversary of the 1980-1988 Iran Iraq war, state media reported.
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5. Injured soldiers lying on the ground
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Iranian city of Ahvaz shows injured soldiers lying on the ground at the scene of an attack on a military parade that was marking the anniversary of the outbreak of its devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein''s Iraq. - At least eight troops were killed on September 22 in an attack on a military parade in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, the province''s deputy governor Ali-Hossein Hosseinzadeh said.
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6. Soldier carrying an injured comrade
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Iranian city of Ahvaz shows an Iranian soldier carrying an ijured comrade at the scene of an attack on a military parade that was marking the anniversary of the outbreak of its devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein''s Iraq.
Photo Credits: AFP
7. Revolutionary Guard member carries a wounded boy
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A Revolutionary Guard member carries a wounded boy after a shooting during a military parade marking the 38th anniversary of Iraq''s 1980 invasion of Iran, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. Gunmen attacked the military parade, killing at least eight members of the elite Revolutionary Guard and wounding 20 others, state media said.
Photo Credits: PTI
