Iran attacks: Woman suicide bomber blows herself up at Khomeini shrine; 2 killed

Mangalore Today News Network

Tehran, June 07, 2017: Two people were killed and several others injured after Iran was hit by two terror attacks on Wednesday.

Armed men burst into Tehran’s Parliament building and the mausoleum of revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, with state media reporting at least one suicide bombing.

One attacker of Iran Parliament has been arrested, reports state news agency IRNA.

Two people have been killed in the twin attacks in Iran. A security guard was killed when gunmen burst into Tehran`s Parliament complex, while a gardener was killed when armed assailants entered the grounds of Khomeini`s mausoleum in the south of the city, the ISNA news agency reported.

Press TV reports that bomber in shrine was reportedly a woman. She blew up herself outside the shrine on western yard.

One of the Mausoleum attackers has reportedly killed himself by swallowing cyanide, reports Press TV.

Mehr news agency reports that despite the attack, Parliament session is going on normally, broadcast live on national radio.

Shi’ite Iran has been singled out as a target by Sunni jihadists, including the Islamic State group, but has largely escaped attacks within its urban centres. Iran provides key ground forces against IS and other rebel groups in Syria and Iraq.

ISNA reported that the shooters had been surrounded but had yet to be arrested.

There were conflicting reports from inside the Parliament complex, with some reports saying the situation had been brought under control while others said the shooting was continuing, with the buildings under lockdown.

The mausoleum is in southern Tehran, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the Parliament building.

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