Man guns down 12 relatives in Iran, state media say
Man guns down 12 relatives in Iran, state media say
A 30-year-old man killed 12 relatives, including his father and brother in Iran, official media reported on Saturday, in a rare mass shooting in the country.
They said the man, who was not identified, used a Kalashnikov assault rifle and was later shot and killed by security forces in the south-central province of Kerman.
They said the cause of the shooting, in a remote rural village, was a family dispute. They did not elaborate.
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Mass killings are rare in Iran, where hunting rifles are the only weapons people are allowed to possess. Two years ago, a dismissed employee of a state institution in western Iran shot and killed three people and injured five before killing himself.
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