Bomb kills 9 at mosque in southern Iran (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sat, 04/12/2008 - 10:05pm

Iranian police vehicles are seen near the scene of a bomb explosion in a mosque which killed several people, in the city of Shiraz, 559 miles (990 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 12, 2008.<br /><br />The semi-official Fars news agency said nine people were killed in the city of Shiraz, about 900 kilometers (559 miles) south of the capital Tehran.<br /><br />But it said the death toll was expected to rise because some of the 105 injured were in a critical condition.<br /><br />(AP Photo)AP - A bomb explosion in a mosque packed with hundreds of worshippers in southern Iran killed at least nine people and injured more than 100 Saturday, local media reported.




 

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