{"id":304152,"date":"2024-01-04T06:42:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T05:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=304152"},"modified":"2024-01-04T06:43:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T05:43:37","slug":"general-soleimanis-memorial-i03-killed-in-iran-bomb-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/04\/general-soleimanis-memorial-i03-killed-in-iran-bomb-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"General Soleimani&#8217;s memorial: I03 killed in Iran bomb explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The incident happened at the gathering of a mammoth crowd commemorating late general Qasem Soleimani on the anniversary of his killing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>103 people lost their lives in Iran on Wednesday after two bombs were detonated in quick succession, according to state media in the Middle East country.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at the gathering of a mammoth crowd commemorating late general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/13\/iran-death-of-all-us-leaders-not-enough-to-avenge-soleimani-killing\/\">Qasem Soleimani<\/a> on the anniversary of his killing.<\/p>\n<p>The state television described incident as \u201cterrorist attack\u201d amid high stakes geopolitics and tensions running high in the troubled region.<\/p>\n<p>The tragic incident came a day after Hamas number two Saleh al-Aruri \u2013 an Iran ally \u2013 was killed in an Israeli drone attack on a Beirut southern suburb which Lebanese officials blamed on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The Wednesday&#8217;s blasts stuck near the Saheb al-Zaman Mosque in Kerman, Soleimani\u2019s southern hometown where he is buried, as supporters gathered to mark the fourth anniversary of his killing in a US drone strike just outside Baghdad airport.<\/p>\n<p>Kerman\u2019s deputy governor, Rahman Jalali, said the explosions were a \u201cterrorist attack\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of people killed rose to 103 following the death of people injured during the terrorist explosions,\u201d said official IRNA news agency, which earlier reported 73 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Another 141 people were wounded in the bombings, IRNA said, adding that some were in \u201ccritical condition\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Tasnim news agency, quoting informed sources, said \u201ctwo bags carrying bombs went off\u201d at the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe perpetrators\u2026 of this incident apparently detonated the bombs by remote control,\u201d Tasnim added.<\/p>\n<p>The ISNA news agency quoted Kerman mayor Saeed Tabrizi as saying the bombs exploded 10 minutes apart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were walking towards the cemetery when a car suddenly stopped behind us and a waste bin containing a bomb exploded,\u201d an eyewitness was quoted by ISNA as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe only heard the sound of the explosion and saw people falling. 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emergency services arrive at the site where two explosions in quick succession struck a crowd marking the anniversary of the 2020 killing of Guards general Qasem Soleimani, near the Saheb al-Zaman Mosque in the southern Iranian city of Kerman on January 3, 2024. - The blasts, which state television called a \"terrorist attack\", came with tensions running high in the Middle East a day after Hamas number two was killed in a Beirut drone strike. The blasts stuck near the Saheb al-Zaman Mosque in Kerman, Soleimani's southern hometown where he is buried, as supporters gathered to mark the fourth anniversary of his death in a US drone strike just outside Baghdad airport. 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