Iran media says mosque blast was not an attack (Reuters)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 04/13/2008 - 1:36am

Iranians gather at the scene of a bomb explosion in a mosque in Shiraz April 12, 2008.<br /><br />A blast in a mosque in southern Iran that killed at least 10 people on Saturday was not an attack and was probably caused by negligence, a police official was quoted as saying on Sunday by a state television station.<br /><br />Picture taken April 12, 2008. (Fars News/Reuters)Reuters - A blast in a mosque in southern Iran that killed at least 10 people on Saturday was not an attack and was probably caused by negligence, Iranian media on Sunday quoted a police official as saying.




 

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