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Iran's parliament and Khomeini mausoleum attacked by gunmen | |
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Armed individuals have opened fire at the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini's mausoleum in the capital, Tehran, causing a number of casualties. | |
Heavy gunfire could be heard on videos filmed from outside parliament, and there are reports that a security guard has been killed. | |
Several people were injured in the attack at the mausoleum, dedicated to the founder of the Islamic Republic. | |
One suicide bomber and two or three other gunmen were involved. | |
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Ali Khalili from the mausoleum's public relations office told the state-run Irna news agency that one of the armed men had blown himself up in front of a bank outside the mausoleum. | |
However, the Fars news agency reported that the suicide bomber was a woman. Images from the scene showed the remains of the bomber, apparently clad in black clothes. | |
The Ilna news agency said two attackers had been arrested. | |
Five people were wounded at the mausoleum, and one person was confirmed dead, it added, though it was unclear whether this included the bomber. | |
It is unclear whether the attack at Iran's parliament is continuing. Fars posted new pictures showing shooting around the building. | |
An image showing a man with a gun looking out of the window, initially described as an attacker by Iranian media, actually shows a policeman. | |
But MP Seyyed Hossein Naqavi-Hosseini told the Isna news agency that three gunmen were still in the building, in MPs' offices. | |
State TV 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. | The gunmen were carrying Kalashnikovs and one Colt pistol, reports said. |
Irna said one gunman had been arrested. | |
The attack at the mausoleum, several kilometres to the south of parliament, happened at the same time and appeared to be co-ordinated, reports said. |