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Iran's parliament and Khomeini shrine attacked by gunmen | |
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Armed individuals have opened fire at the Iranian parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the capital, Tehran, causing a number of casualties. | |
Heavy gunfire could be heard on an audio recording from inside the parliament chamber, and there are reports that a security guard has died. | |
Several people were injured at the shrine, dedicated to the founder of the modern Islamic republic. | |
There was one suicide bomber and two or three other gunmen. | |
Latest updates | Latest updates |
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. | |
However Fars News said that the suicide bomber was a woman. | |
The Iranian Labour News Agency reported that two attackers had been arrested. | |
Five people were wounded at the shrine, and one person confirmed dead, it said. | |
Latest reports suggest the attack at Iran's parliament is ongoing. | |
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. |