Iran twin blasts: 'Terror attack' kills 103, netizens mourn, say ‘thoughts and prayers for the victims…'
Al Jazeera. “The current number of the injured is 141, some of whom are critically injured," he said. ALSO READ: Iran terror attack LIVE Footage suggested that the second blast occurred some 15 minutes after the first while people were present at an event honouring a prominent Iranian general Qasem Soleimani who was slain in a US airstrike in 2020.
The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Babak Yektaparast, a spokesman for Iran's emergency service, giving the casualty figure. He also also that the delayed second explosion is often used by militants to target emergency personnel responding to the scene and inflict more casualties.
ALSO READ: Iran terror attack: 81 killed, 140 wounded in twin explosions as people honor slain general Qasem Soleimani Following the two blasts, people could be heard screaming in state TV footage. Meanwhile, Kerman's deputy governor, Rahman Jalali, called the attack “terroristic," without elaborating.
However, no outfit has claimed the responsibility as of yet. Netizens have reacted to the incident and were seen divided.
Though they condemned the attack: Commenting on the incident, one netizen wrote, “Mossad has connivance with RAW under the CIA, Destabilize the region either it is a Middle East or Iran or Afghanistan-Pakistan region.They don't want to see them flourish because that is dangerous to them.Just think why these regions always been tried to make a chaos colony?" While another wrote, “Thoughts and prayers for the victims and their family, who died horribly in a terrorist attack today, in Kirman. Fight against terrorism is a global issue." Arash Azizi wrote, "No IRGC commander was present on the scene of the explosion in Kerman, Iran, IRGC's Tasnim confirms, denying rumors to the
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