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Sat, 07/17/2010 - 14:09
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27 killed, 270 injured in two bomb attacks in southeast Iran

TEHRAN, July 17 (MNA) - About 27 people were killed and 270 others wounded in two successive suicide bomb attacks at a mosque in the southeast city of Zahedan late Thursday.

Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi said 11 of those injured are in critical condition.

The first explosion happened at 21:30 pm local time. Soon after people rushed to the help the victims a second bomb went off.

The aim of the blasts is to sow discord among Shia and Sunni Muslims in the city.



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