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Gunmen attack Iran’s parliament and Khomeini shrine

7 June 2017648

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  1. Armed men have launched two attacks in Iran’s capital.
  2. killing a guard at the parliament building and wounding several people in the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in southern Tehran
  3. Lawmaker Elias Hazrati told state television three attackers, one with a pistol and two with AK-47 assault rifles, raided parliament on Wednesday.
  4. ISNA news agency quoted a member of the parliament as saying that all the parliament doors were shut and one of the assailants was surrounded by the security forces.
  5. The identity and the motivation of the assailant was still unclear.
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