DUBAI: At least 15 people were killed in an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Iranian city of Shiraz, state news agency IRNA said, as security forces elsewhere clashed with protesters marking 40 days since death of Mahsa Amini.

Early reports of attack gave varying accounts. Local police chief said there had been a single attacker, who had been arrested, while news agencies said three people were involved. IRNA described them as "takfiri terrorists", a label used by officials in predominantly Shi'ite Muslim Iran to refer to hardline, armed Sunni Islamist groups. Nournews, affiliated with Iran's top security body said they were not Iranian nationals. Attackers were in a car and shot at pilgrims and staff at entrance to shrine of Shah Cheragh, IRNA quoted witnesses as saying. Police arrested two of three "terrorists" and were looking for third. Semi-official Tasnim news agency said several women and children were among dead.

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 27 2022

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