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Iran shootings: Parliament and Khomeini shrine attacked Iran's parliament and Khomeini shrine attacked by gunmen
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Armed men have opened fire at the Iranian parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the capital, Tehran, Iranian media report. Armed individuals have opened fire at the Iranian parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the capital, Tehran, causing a number of casualties.
At least one gunman fired shots inside parliament, wounding a guard, news agencies said. There are conflicting reports of other people hurt. Heavy gunfire could be heard on an audio recording from inside the parliament chamber, and there are reports that a security guard has died.
An attack at the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the modern republic, has caused several injuries. Several people were injured at the shrine, dedicated to the founder of the modern Islamic republic.
Fars news agency says three armed men raided the shrine in southern Tehran. There was one suicide bomber and two or three other gunmen.
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Two of the assailants shot at visitors, while the third "detonated himself in a suicide attack", the semi-official news agency said. Ali Khalili from the mausoleum's public relations office told IRNA news agency that one of the armed men detonated himself in front of a bank outside the mausoleum.
A witness told Reuters news agency that the incident at parliament was over. However Fars News said that the suicide bomber was a woman.
Security forces had massed inside and outside the building, the witness said. The Iranian Labour News Agency reported that two attackers had been arrested.
Iran's IRIB news agency quoted an MP as saying there were a number of attackers at the parliament building, armed with AK-47 rifles. Five people were wounded at the shrine, and one person confirmed dead, it said.
"There were three attackers armed with two Kalashnikov rifles and one colt pistol," MP Elyas Hazrati was quoted as saying. Latest reports suggest the attack at Iran's parliament is ongoing.
The news agency said two security guards were injured. An image posted by Tasmin News showed what appeared to be a gunman holding an assault weapon shooting out from an upstairs window of the parliament building.
MP Seyyed Hossein Naqavi-Hosseini told the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) that three gunmen were still in the building, in MPs' offices.
Iranian rolling news channel IRINN said seven or eight people had been injured at the parliament by four attackers.
The gunmen were carrying Kalashnikovs and one Colt pistol, reports said.
One gunman has been arrested, IRNA said.
The attack at the mausoleum, several kilometres to the south, happened at the same time and appeared to be co-ordinated, reports said.The attack at the mausoleum, several kilometres to the south, happened at the same time and appeared to be co-ordinated, reports said.