Death Toll in Terrorist Attack on Iranian Military Parade Rises to 10 - Reports
Death toll in the terrorist attack on a military parade in the southern Iranian city of Ahvaz has climbed to 10 people, with a journalist being among the victims, local media reported n Saturday, citing an official.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd September, 2018) Death toll in the terrorist attack on a military parade in the southern Iranian city of Ahvaz has climbed to 10 people, with a journalist being among the victims, local media reported n Saturday, citing an official.
Earlier in the day, local media reported that at least eight Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel had been killed in the terrorist attack.
According to the political deputy governor of Khuzestan Province, Ali Hossein Hosseinzadeh, "the blind and coward terrorist attack" claimed lives of 10 people, including a journalist, Tasnim news Agency reported.
A total of 21 others were injured, Hosseinzadeh said, noting that death toll was likely to rise as some of the victims were in critical condition.
The official confirmed that two militants, who attacked the military parade, had been killed by the security forces, while two others had been arrested.