2008 Shiraz explosion

Name: 2008 Shiraz explosion
Start: 2008

2008 CE.

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An explosion occurred during prayers at the Hosseynieh Seyed al-Shohada Mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, Fars province on April 12, 2008. Fourteen people were killed and 202 were injured. The Jamestown Foundation reported that the Kingdom Assembly of Iran (API) took responsibility for the attack.

Text from the Wikipedia article Shiraz bombing, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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